Ingredients

1 sachet dry yeast or 40g fresh yeast
450g strong plain white flour
1 tsp sugar
90ml warm water

70g butter
140g milk
1 egg (size M)

45g butter (spread)
plum jam (filling)

Method

Preparation of the yeast sponge :

• Fill entire flour into a bowl and form a small hole in the middle.
• In there dissolve the yeast with sugar in water.
• Dust a little flour over and rest about 15 minutes.

• In the meantime melt the butter and then mix with 140ml milk.
• Add this mixture and an egg to the dough and knead well.
• Rest for about 1 hour.

• Divide the dough into 15 equal parts.
• Flatten them into circles (height 1cm, diameter 8cm).
• Put on each circle a teaspoon of jam (plum jam is the best but any other flavour works as well).
• Close all the edges of the circle to a ball.
• Place them (with the seam looking down) into a baking pan and spread melted butter on all sides of each ball.
• Let them rise before baking for about 15 minutes.

• Bake them at 180 ° C for 30 minutes (or until they turned brown).

• Serve them hot with some custard!