Plum Or Apricot Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. baking potatoes
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 c. flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 eggs
1 lb. plums or apricots
1/2 c. red wine
2 cloves
1/4 lb. butter or margarine (1 stick)

Preparation

Bake potatoes.
Peel while hot and puree.
Make dough with potatoes, butter, flour, sugar and eggs.
Pit the fruit and stew in wine with cloves over low heat, just until boiling.
Remove fruit carefully from wine and cool.
Make dough into two rolls and cut into one-inch slices.
Place one piece of fruit on one piece of dough, covering fruit completely.
Cook in simmering, salted water over medium flame.
Be careful not to boil, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove.
Brown bread crumbs in a little butter and mix with cinnamon; sprinkle over dumplings.
Can also be served with vanilla sauce.