Swedish Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons fat, divided (bacon fat, meat drippings, lard or butter)
2 tablespoons onions, grated
3 eggs
2/3 cup water

Preparation

Sift dry ingredients together.
Cut in 2 tablespoons fat; add grated onion.
Add eggs to water and mix thoroughly; stir into first mixture.
Drop by tablespoons into 2 quarts of boiling water to which 1 teaspoon salt has been added; cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
Drain well in colander.
Place remaining fat in frying pan; when melted, add dumplings and cook until golden.