Ingredients

2 cps flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tbswp butter or other fat
3/4 cp milk

Instructions

1 - With 2 cps flour mix 4 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt and sift through flour sifter.
2 - Then work in 1/2 tbsp butter or other fat.
3 - Add little by little 3/4 cp milk, mixing it in with a knife and being careful not to get
the dough too wet.
4 - On a floured board roll to 1/4" thickness and cut into shape with a biscuit cutter dipped
in flour.
5 - Steam for about 15 minutes in a buttered steamer or a perforated plate over boiling water
in a covered kettle.
6 - If the dumplings are to be cooked with a stew, put in more milk and drop the mixture
by spoonfuls on top of the meat and potatoes after taking out part of the liquid, as the
dumplings must not settle down into the liquid.
7 - Let them steam, covered, not less than 12 minutes.