Divine Dumplings

Dumplings in chicken soup-an example of great winter comfort food:

The five ingredients needed: flour, milk, oil, baking powder and salt.

The sticky biscuit dough.

Spooning the dumplings onto the boiling soup.

Mmmmm, puffy, fluffy dumplings that almost triple in size as they cook.

DUMPLINGS

1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBSP vegetable oil
scant 1/2 cup milk

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, oil and milk in a medium bowl. Add more milk (up to 2 TBSP) if needed to make a slightly sticky biscuit-type dough like for drop biscuits. Drop spoonfuls of dough into the pot of boiling chicken soup, spacing evenly. Cover and cook for 15 minutes with no peeking. Dumplings should plump up and rise to the top. Use a fork to gently pry up the top of a dumpling-it should not be doughy underneath. Cook uncovered a few more minutes if needed. Serve immediately. Makes 4-6 dumplings depending on size.