Country-Style Slicker Dumplings and Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 stewing chicken
• 2 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes

Dumplings:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup chicken stock, approximately
  

Directions:

1. Stew chicken until tender in 1 quart water; add the onion and celery.
2. Cool and remove meat from bones; discard bones.
3. Cut meat into chunks.
4. Add to the rest of the water, salt, pepper and bouillon cubes.
5. Heat to simmering.

For the dumplings:

1. Mix together dry ingredients.
2. Mix egg with broth and stir in enough to make a medium-stiff dough.
3. Knead dough on floured board; roll out very thin. Cut into 1-inch squares.
4. Drop into simmering broth and let cook about 20 minutes.
5. Serve hot with a pat of butter on top.