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Yeast Dumplings or Barm Dumplings

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg flour
• 200 g butter
• 0.5 liter milk
• 3 pcs eggs
• 50 g yeast
• salt (a little)

Instructions

1. Prepare a dumpling dough from 1 kg of flour, 200 g of butter, 1/2 liter of lukewarm milk, 3-4 eggs, 50 g of yeast, and a little salt.
2. Beat the dough vigorously with a spoon and let it rise for 1 hour near a warm oven.
3. Form round dumplings and cook them covered in salted water for 15 minutes.
4. As soon as you remove the dumplings, make a crosswise incision on top of each with a pointed knife to prevent them from collapsing.
5. Serve quickly with brown butter or fruit.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.