Sweet Yeast Dumplings   

Ingredients (for 10 dumplings)

Dough:  
500 g flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 l milk
20 g fresh yeast
50-100 g butter
50-80 g confectioner's sugar
1-2 eggs
a pinch of grated lemon peel
   
   
50-60 g butter
1/4 l milk or water
20 g confectioner's sugar
a pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Put the flour in a bowl.
  2. Make a deepening in the flour in which you give the half of the lukewarm milk, the sugar and the crumbled yealt. Don’t mix it, let it rest for 15 minutes. Put lemon peel on flour.
  3. Now add the eggs, salt and the rest of the milk and knead this for a while.
  4. From this yeast dough form 10 dumplings
  5. Place the dumplings on the the worktop with some flour on it. Cover the dumplings and let them rest 15 - 20 minutes.
  6. Melt butter in a skillet or saucepan with a tight lid. Stir in sugar and the milk and bring to a boil.
  7. Reduce heat to low, arrange the dumplings in the saucepan and cover. Simmer for 25 minutes without peeking and then check.
  8. Keep simmering until the dumplings have absorbed all the liquid. Remove from heat but keep warm until serving.
  9. Serve warm, bottom side up, with Vanilla Sauce and/or tart fruit compote.
  10. Tipp: If you have leftovers, place them on a plate, bottom side up and cover with a clean towel, not plastic. Eat cold or reheat in oven. Eat within 1 day for best quality

Enjoy your meal!