Suet Dumplings. No. 2

Original Recipe

One cupful of suet chopped fine, one cupful of grated English muffins or bread, one cupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, half a cupful of sugar, two eggs, one pint of milk, a large pinch of salt. Sift together powder and flour, add the beaten eggs, grated muffins, sugar, suet and milk; form into smooth batter, which drop by tablespoonfuls into a pint of boiling milk, three or four at a time; when done, dish and pour over the milk they were boiled in. A Danish dish; very good.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of suet chopped fine
  • 1 cupful of grated english muffins or bread
  • 1 cupful of flour
  • 1 teaspoonful of baking powder
  • 1 cupful of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pint of milk
  • 1 large pinch of salt
  • 1 pint of boiling milk
  • 3 or four at a time
  • 1 danish dish

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cupful of suet chopped fine, one cupful of grated English muffins or bread, one cupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, half a cupful of sugar, two eggs, one pint of milk, a large pinch of salt.

  2. 2

    Sift together powder and flour, add the beaten eggs, grated muffins, sugar, suet and milk; form into smooth batter, which drop by tablespoonfuls into a pint of boiling milk, three or four at a time; when done, dish and pour over the milk they were boiled in.

  3. 3

    A Danish dish; very good.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)