5 medium potatoes
1 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
4 c. unsifted flour
Milk, as needed
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 1/2 sticks butter
1 box bread crumbs
12 medium Italian plums, ripe

Cook and mash potatoes, add butter and milk. Add potatoes warm to unsifted flour. Put flour on board. Work potatoes and flour in palm of hand until well blended. Roll dough until 1/2 inch thick on board. Cut dough into 4 inch squares. Put Italian plum in center. Fold corners into middle and roll into palm of hand until round. Boil in salted boiling water for 10 minutes. Remove with spoon.

In frying pan combine melted sticks of butter, sugar, and bread crumbs. Roll dumplings into breading in frying pan on stove until coated and brown.