"Terry Coombs" > wrote in message
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> Well , this time I'll be using them for dumplings , but the same recipe .
> Mine calls for 2/3 C milk , and my wife is lactose intolerant ... Last
> time I subbed her soy milk for cow's , and the biscuits didn't rise well
> if at all . So I'm wondering if I can use plain water , or at least cut
> way back using powdered milk . I simmered the carcass and bones of our
> T-Day Turkey Today , it's dumpling time !

I've made them with water when I had no milk or was out of milk. Works just
fine.