Frugal Recipes: Homemade dumplings

Dumplings are a great way to stretch soup even farther.  I like to make a big batch of chicken soup serve with  noodles and crackers for dinner, with grilled cheese for lunch the next day, and the last night with dumplings. shhhhh hubby hates the veggies in the soup, he always leaves them in the bowl but, I chop up green beans really small and add along with herbs to my dumplings before I roll them out.  It's not much for veggies but it sneaks him some.  Here's is the basic dumpling recipe feel free to ad your favorite herbs that will go well with your choice of soup.

What you need:

1. 2 cups flour
2. 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3. 3/4 teaspoon salt
4. 1 tablespoon butter
5. 3/4 cup milk

Mix together.  Roll out onto a floured board and cut in to squares.  Drop each square into very hot soup one at a time.  Cover and cook for about 20 minutes over med heat or high in a crock pot.  Do not lift the lid during this time or you will have soggy dumplings.

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