Dumplings

Ingredients

• one teaspoon pulverized saleratus
• one pint rich buttermilk or sour cream
• pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour in a bowl, make a hole in the center, add saleratus mixed with a handful of flour.

2. 2

   Add buttermilk and salt, stir until foamy, then mix in flour to form a soft dough.

3. 3

   Roll out into round pieces, lap over fruit, prick with a fork, and drop into boiling salted water.

4. 4

   Boil for 45 minutes, serve hot with cream and sugar flavored with lemon or nutmeg.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The National home cook book (1900), page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dumplings i... flour in bread bowl, making a hole in center, put in- it one teaspoon pulverized saleratus and mix with it a handful of dry flour; add one pint rich buttermilk or sour cream and pinch of salt

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