Potato Soup With Dumplings
Pare, wash, and cut into dice, six good sized potatoes, chop fine one onion, place in kettle with water to cover, salt to taste, and cook until tender; then add one quart of cream or rich milk, add one tablespoonful of butter, a dash of pepper, and let come to a boil.
Have ready dumplings made as follows: To four heaping tablespoonfuls of flour, add pinch of salt, one even teaspoonful baking powder, one tablespoonful cream, and water enough to make soft dough; do not knead, mould into small lumps, size of walnuts, and drop into soup as soon as the soup comes to a boil. The dumplings take about eight minutes to cook, and the kettle should be kept covered all the time. The soup needs to be carefully watched that it does not boil over or burn; it is well to lift the kettle free from the stove every three or four minutes, giving it a little twirl, but do not lift the cover until the eight minutes are passed, for sudden reduction of temperature may make the dumplings heavy.