German Buchteln- delicious sweet bread dumplings

Ingredients

• 180 ml milk
• 30 g fresh yeast
• 450 g flour
• 75 g softened butter
• 60 g sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 Tbsp Rum
• 8 g vanilla sugar (one pack)
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 pinch of salt
• Flour for the countertop
• 60 g butter for brushing and for the form
• powdered sugar to dust
• 1 packet of vanilla pudding
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 850 ml milk

Instructions

1. 1

   Slightly warm the milk

2. 2

   Put the yeast in the bowl and pour the lukewarm milk over it and mix together briefly

3. 3

   Add the flour, sugar, rum, lemon zest, vanilla sugar, salt and egg yolk and knead everything together.

4. 4

   Add the soft butter and knead to a smooth dough.

5. 5

   Roughly, this will take a couple of minutes.

6. 6

   Cover the bowl with the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rise in a warm place for 30 minutes

7. 7

   Knead the dough again briefly and then form it into a roll with a little flour.

8. 8

   Cut the roll into approx. 16 slices of 60g each and form into balls

9. 9

   Grease an ovenproof casserole dish with butter and leave the balls covered in it for another 20 minutes

10. 10

    Preheat the oven to 180 °C, Fan

11. 11

    Melt the remaining butter and carefully brush the buns with it

12. 12

    Bake the buns for about 20 minutes on the lowest shelf—prepare the vanilla sauce during this time

13. 13

    Take the form out of the oven and let it cool down a bit. Dust with icing sugar and best serve with vanilla sauce

14. 14

    While the buns are baking, put 4 tablespoons of the milk in a bowl and add the sugar and custard powder

15. 15

    Mix everything together with a whisk

16. 16

    Heat the rest of the milk and, when it boils, add the vanilla milk and let it boil briefly. Always stir!

17. 17

    Take the milk off the stove and let it cool down.

18. 18

    Serve with the buns and enjoy!