Nana’s Chicken Pot Pie

Prep time: about 1.5 hours

Ingredients:

Broth

• 3 lbs. stewing chicken
• 2 qts. water
• Salt to taste

Dumplings

• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2/3-1 cup water

Instructions:

Boil chicken in salt water until tender. Remove chicken from broth. Mix shortening and flour well. Add water as needed to make a sticky dough. Knead extra flour into dough to make a tough mixture. Roll thin (small amounts at a time). Place in layers in boiling chicken broth. Be sure each layer has been wet with broth before placing another layer in broth. Cook about 1 hour once dumplings have been placed into pot.