CRACKER BARREL DUMPLINGS RECIPES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, milk, and oil, blending well, and turn out on to a floured surface. Knead four or five times. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thick and cut into 1 x 1 1/2-inch dumplings.
• In a large saucepan, combine the water and bouillon cubes/soup base. Boil until the bouillon cubes/soup base dissolve. Cook the dumplings until just about done; dumplings are done when they float up towards the top of the pot. Use a strainer to remove them to a bowl and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
• While the dumplings are cooking, you can start to prepare the sauce. Melt the butter in medium saucepan. Add salt and flour; stir until thick. Mix the sugar with the milk and add to flour mixture a little at a time, stirring constantly with a whisk until thick and smooth. Remove from heat. Add the cooked dumplings to the sauce.
• Reserve 3/4-1 cup of the cooking liquid and stir gently into the sauce and dumplings. Return to low heat and simmer until blended. If the sauce seems too thick, gently stir in a little more cooking liquid. Add pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and cut the butter using a fork or a pastry knife
• Stir in one cup of milk and mix with the fork until the dough forms a ball. It will be sticky.
• Flour your working surface generously and transfer the dough into it. Flour a rolling pin also and roll the dough until about ¼ inch thick
• Using a pizza cutter or a very sharp knife, cut 2-inch squares. Don’t worry too much about the shape
• With a floured spatula, lift the squares and place them on a plate. Be sure to have the plate floured too and add flour between layers to prevent squares from sticking to each other. In the meantime, while doing this, bring 2 quarts of chicken stock to a boil
• Drop the dumplings one at a time into the boiling chicken broth stirring while you add them.
• Cook them for about 15 to 20 minutes until they don’t taste like dough anymore. Add cooked chicken, cook for 5 minutes to heat the chicken up, and serve with chopped parsley.