Plum Dumplings

Late August and in September those lovely little Italian Plums appear in the supermarket - in my family that always meant it was time for plum dumplings - My great-grandmother was from Austria Hungary and this was a special treat -  We always ate them on top of cottage cheese with melted butter and sugar but I know that some people omit the cottage and just use sugar and cinnamon and some use melted butter as well.

2 Cups flour
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup mild
24 small italian plums

mix dry ingredients in a mixing bowl - mix egg with milk and combine add to dry ingredients.  Mix until a nice soft dough ball forms.  If too thick just add a little milk

roll out into a log and cut 24 pieces,  roll into balls - with a rolling pin roll out each ball on a flour surface to 1/4 inch thick - place 1 plum in the middle and wrap dough around plum completely - use a little was to make it stick.  Repeat until all the plums are covered.

Bring a very large pot of water to boil and add 2  tablespoons of salt. Add abut 6 dumplings at a time and once dumplings rise to top cover with a tight lid and cook for 15 minutes.  Remove with a slotted spoon.  Repeat with remaining dumplings