Mama'S Chicken Pot Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken
2 c. self-rising flour
1/4 to 1/2 c. shortening

Preparation

Cook a hen
in\ta pot of water (6 to 7 cups) until meat falls off
the
bone.
Add
salt\tand pepper to taste.
Remove chicken. Skin,
bone
and
chop
meat
into bite size pieces. Strain broth and remove some chicken fat.
To 2 cups of flour add shortening and
enough
water\tto make a dough resembling pie crust.
Knead on\tfloured
countertop
and roll out thin. Cut into 3 x 3-inch squares
and let stand for an hour.
Mama always said to let
the dough
get\ttough.\tBoil stock.
Peel dumplings off counter
and drop in the rapidly boiling stock, working quickly.
After\tall squares are in pot, add chicken. Stir gently and let boil for 5 minutes.
Take pot off heat and let sit.
Should
be consistency of stew, not clumped together or balled up.