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My favorite chicken and dumplings

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Ingredients:
TO MAKE STOCK
1 Whole chicken
3 Carrots, cut up
1 Yellow onion
4 Stalks of celery, chopped
2 Bay leaves
1 tspThyme
2 tspSage
Pepper
Pinch of salt
5 quartWater
FOR CHICKEN SOUP BASE
3 cupStrained stock
2 Carrots, chopped
2 Celery ribs, chopped
1 Small yellow onion, chopped
1/2 tspSage
FOR DUMPLINGS
2 1/2 cupFlour
3 tspBaking powder
1 tspSalt
3 tbspCrisco
2 tbspChopped parsley or
1 tbspDill weed
1 1/4 cupMilk
Procedures:
1Simmer all stock ingredients in water for about 45 minutes.
2Remove chicken from pot and cool until able to handle.
3Skin and bone chicken and cut or tear into small pieces.
4Strain stock reserving 3 cups or so.
5Add chicken and ingredients list for soup.
6Bring to a simmer while you are preparing the dumplings.
7dumplings can either be made with bisquick or you make them with the ingredients listed above.
8Mix dry ingredients and cut in crisco, using a pastry blender or two knives.
9Add parsley or dill and stir milk in with a wooden fork.
10Do not overmix.
11Drop by large spoonfuls on top of the simmering soup.
12Simmer 5 minutes with the lid off, then cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes longer.
13Serve immediately.
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