Exactly. The only reason to buy the full crusts is if you have to make a number of pies all at once. But the Pillsbury stuff is very adaptable.
Yeah, that recipe has you pouring stock over the whole thing before you cook it, but when I make chicken and dumplings, I don’t do that. It sounds like the only thing you did different than me with my chicken and dumplings is I put in spoons of batter on top instead of pouring the whole thing over it.
That’s what I did. Only, there was a lot of batter.
Judges?
Judges say…OK! They roll big joints too!
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There can never be too much batter for chicken and dumplings. That’s the best part!
(When I do chicken and dumplings with Bisquick drop biscuits and spoon it over, I get something like 3-inch tall dumplings.)
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