Old-Fashioned Tomato Dumplings

Name: Old-Fashioned Tomato Dumplings
Ingredients: 3 whole Large Ripe Garden Tomatoes Peeled, Seeded, And Diced; 2 Tablespoons Diced Onion; 1/2 teaspoons Salt, Or To Taste; 1/4 teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper, Or To Taste; 1 pinch Sugar (optional); 1 cup Flour; 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 2 Tablespoons Shortening; 2/3 cups Milk Or Buttermilk; 1 Tablespoon Butter

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Ingredients

3 whole Large Ripe Garden Tomatoes Peeled, Seeded, And Diced
2 Tablespoons Diced Onion
1/2 teaspoons Salt, Or To Taste
1/4 teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper, Or To Taste
1 pinch Sugar (optional)
1 cup Flour
1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Salt
2 Tablespoons Shortening
2/3 cups Milk Or Buttermilk
1 Tablespoon Butter

Directions

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["Place tomatoes and onion in a medium size saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the tomatoes start to release their juices. Take a little taste of the juice and season with salt and pepper to your liking. If the tomatoes are a little tart, add just a pinch of sugar. When the tomatoes begin to boil, cover pan and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for about 30 minutes or until the tomatoes have broken down and the onion is very tender. Near the end of the cooking time for the tomatoes, begin to make your dumpling dough.", "In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt with a whisk. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or two butter knives until it resembles coarse meal. Add milk or buttermilk. Stir with a fork just until all the flour mixture is moistened. Don't overwork or your dumplings will be tough. It will look like a super thick batter.", "Using two soup spoons, drop the dough into the simmering tomatoes about 1 1/2\" apart. You will probably get about 7 or 8 dumplings. When all the dumplings are dropped in