Fluffy, delicate dessert. A delicious temptation.

Ingredients

• 500g of flour
• 70g of sugar
• 200ml of warm milk
• 100g of warm butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 packet of fresh yeast
• a pinch of salt

Preparation

1. Fundamental: For the success of a good yeast dough, it is extremely important that the temperature of the kitchen, as well as the ingredients, is 22-23º so that the yeast dough rises well. Thereafter is the process very easy!
2. Warm the milk, sugar and butter in a saucepan until 60-70º and then add the yeast.
3. Create a hollow in the centre of the flour and pour the milk and sugar mixture into it slowly.
4. Mix in the flour slowly until a smooth dough is created.
5. Then add the eggs and mix.
6. Cover the bowl containing the mixture with a clean, dry kitchen cloth and place in a warm part of the kitchen. In front of an open oven door for example. Allow to stand for 20 minutes.
7. The yeast dough will rise, remove from bowl and work through the dough again.
8. Roll out until approximately 1,5cm thick.
9. With a cookie cutter or a coffee cup, press-out round cookies and then roll into little balls. (approximately 3-4cm in diameter).
10. Butter a casserole dish thoroughly and then place the little dough balls next to each other onto it.
11. Allow to stand for another 15-20 minutes.
12. With a mixture of milk, butter, sugar and vanilla essence, cover the dough balls lightly (approximately 250ml) with the mixture.
13. Place in a preheated oven (160-170ºC) for 20 minutes.
14. Allow the dumplings to go a little golden-brown on top.
15. Remove from the oven and top with icing sugar and serve.

Serving suggestion

Serve with vanilla sauce, vanilla ice-cream, sour cherry sauce, strawberries, raspberries or stewed plum sauce.