Swedish Dumplings

Name: Swedish Dumplings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 24 dumplings
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

Submitted by Molly53

"A delicious meal-stretcher from the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 24 dumplings

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

directions

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.

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Reviews

The recipe worked as written, but I found the taste very bland. If I try this again, I think I will play with seasonings. If you want a stodgy, doughy dumpling, this is for you.

Terri Newell