CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS 
1 lg. hen
2 tbsp. butter
Salt
Pepper

Cut up hen and cover with water in large pot. Add butter, salt and pepper to taste. Cook. Remove hen and reserve stock.

DUMPLINGS:

2 c. plain flour
3/4 c. warm water
1 tsp. salt

Combine flour, salt and water. Roll dough on floured waxed paper as thin as possible a little at a time. Cut into dumplings 1" wide by 4" long. Add a few at a time to boiling hen stock. continue until all dumplings have been dropped into kettle. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Serves 6.

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Chicken and Dumplings
 #12446
 Nelda Dunmon says:
Thank you, I looked for hours for a recipe for plain old fashioned chiken & dumplings. I lost the one I had and could not remember whether to use plain or SR flour and every recipe I read before this one was made from some name brand product and I knew those products weren't around when my mom made them from scratch with just flour and water and salt...

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