Dampfnudel with vanilla sauce

By s_curtis444

From mom

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 4 1/2 c less 1 tbsp flour
• 1 c plus 1 tbsp milk
• 1 pkt yeast
• Dash salt
• 2/3 c butter
• 1-2 eggs
• 120 gr cream
• 120 ml milk
• Vanilla bean or vanilla oil
• 1 pkg vanilla sugar
• 2 egg yolks

Preparation

Step 1

Bread:
Heat milk a bit and dissolve yeast. Make a well in the flour pour yeast into well, let rest 1/2 hr. Add remaining milk salt eggs. Beat vigorously till bubbles form. Knead well. Cover and put dough in a warm place. Let rise 1 hr. Cut off 1/2 fist size pieces on floured surface, let rise 15 more minutes. In a deep skillet or dutch oven melt butter, add warm salted water to a depth of 3/4". Add dumplings arranged in one layer touching each other. Put lid on pot seal edges where lid rests with damp cloths to insure no steam escapages. Cook on med low heat about 20 mins.

Sauce:
Boil up cream and milk w/vanilla bean & vanilla sugar. Let sauce cool down. Add the 2 egg yolks and start to reheat carefully. Stir slowly till the sauce concentrated put in the fridge for an hour.