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Herb Dumplings Here's my recipe for the dumplings: Herb Dumplings 3 tablespoons shortening 1 1/2 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon dried sage leaves 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 3/4 cup milk Cut shortening into flour, baking powder, salt, sage and thyme...

When I make dumplings, I drop them right onto meats or veggies that are at the top of the stew. They should kind of sit half into the liquid and half above. Maybe you have too much broth. You could try taking some out and then after the dumplings steam...put it back. I put the lid on after I...

:idea: A quick note about the cookies: Put them into plastic bags or containers after they cool down. I put away some in zip lock bags for my daughter to take back to school with her and those are still chewy. The ones I kept in the tin and cookie jar became crisp in a day.

The third batch of cookies are baking. The first batch was a little flat so I added 1/4 cup of flour to the rest of the dough. Second batch was perfect. Flavor was excellent. I like the cinnamon in it and the hint of molasses. I didnt have nuts so just used raisins. Also, I wasnt sure whether...

Chris and Bubba, I'll try these this weekend also. My daughter Jen is home from college (spring break) and wants cookies. I made a batch 2 days ago but between my husband and grandma... :roll: ...nothing left for Jen. I'll let you know how they turn out. I like molasses in a cookie...gives it a...

OK...for those of you without babies or grandbabies...you can feel the pocket of skin between your thumb and index finger (at least this is what I read on the net :wink: )

Good tip...I'm going to try that next time :wink:

Elf: Just got to close your eyes and jump in...(or is that to learn to swim?) You really cant go wrong. Even a heavy dry loaf is good turned into ranch toast or bread pudding or if its really bad...doctored up bread crumbs.

Our family makes bread every day and I its soooo much better than store bought bread. I buy flour in bulk (44lbs) but you could buy smaller bags on sale. I also buy yeast in bulk which you could do. Buy it at a resturant supply company. The dry yeast is vacumn packed and very cheap and should...

No, I have no idea what sterum is. I was taught to make noodles and spatzel from my granmother. My one grandmother is swedish and dutch, the other is slovak, grandfather was german and belgian, other one was prussian so I am familar with a variety of etnic foods but dont know alot about...

Lead in water is a problem mostly in older homes that use lead solder but even in newer homes hot water can put excess copper into drinking water.

Chris, you sound like my husband...he's been begging for me to take a vacation and of course that means Disney. (Maybe you have room for him :roll: ) The first time we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge. This was quite a few years ago. The salad was with a chuckwagon type of dinner we had in the...

I love thicker noodles so I make them myself. Just roll out the dough as thick or thin as you want then slice them up and boil. Hand rolling usually makes for a thicker noodle. We also buy a german noodle at a specialty store that is thicker than the usual soup noodle. Another soup noodle I...

I understand completely... I'm blonde AND old..sniff, sniff :cry:

I heard we're going up to 46 this weekend...Thats a heatwave for us! GETTING OUT THE GRILL 8) ...course it's supposed to snow again by Tuesday :cry: