Plum dumplings made from yeast dough

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 300 ml water, lukewarm
• 3 tsp sugar
• 21 g yeast
• 600 g flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 16 plums
• 16 pieces of sugar cubes

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

delicious alternative to potato or quark dumplings

Mix the lukewarm water with the sugar and dissolve the yeast in it. Combine the flour, salt, oil, and dissolved yeast in a bowl and mix. Then knead until a smooth dough forms. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with a cloth, and let it rise in a warm place for half an hour. In the meantime, wash the plums, cut them open, remove the stones, and fill each one with a sugar cube. Knead the yeast dough again and divide it into 16 equal portions. Form each portion into a small flatbread, place a plum and the sugar cube on top, and form a dumpling. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil on the stove. Add half of the dumplings to the salted water and reduce the heat so that the water is no longer boiling. Let the dumplings sit in the hot water for 15 minutes, turning them frequently. Keep the first dumplings warm and repeat with the remaining ones. The plum dumplings taste particularly good with brown butter and cinnamon sugar.