Flour. Pressed in well. LIGHTLY brown in butter and crisco or butter and margarine on top of stove (butter adds flavor but burns). Put in baking pan, overlapping not too much. Season with salt (and pepper if you want).
Do not cover. Bake at 350 for an hour or until done. I usually cooked two chickens.
If you want it crispier, cook it on top of the stove exclusively. But you have to stand over it and turn the pieces.
I know there are fancier ways of making it. But I love the way mine tastes. And it makes wonderful white (or we called it cream) gravy made like sausage gravy. And we always had fluffy mashed potatoes with it.
Thank you. I think I’ll try using drumsticks first to experiment with both ways. I appreciate your recipe. R/Janey