South African Souskluitjies (Dumplings in Sauce)

Ingredients:

120 g cake flour

10 ml baking powder

2 ml salt

15 g butter

1 egg

125 ml milk

Butter and cinnamon sugar to serve with

Cooking Instructions:

Sift the dry indredients together and mix in the butter with vingers till it resembles breadcrumbs. Mix egg and milk and add to above. Boil water (must be about 3 cm deep) with a pinch of salt in a casserole with a lid. Use a teaspoon dipped in boiling water to put spoonfulls of the dough into the boiling water. Cover with tight fitting lid and cook slowly for 10 minutes (please don't peek, as this will cause the dumplings to "fall down" and become rubbery) Remove from heat, pour into a serving bowl and put dots of butter on top. Sprinkle a lot of cinnamon sugar over and serve with vanilla custard.

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