Souskluitjies South African Dumplings In Custard Sauce

My south african cousin has made these for me. they were good. very comfort dessert-ish.

Sift the dry ingredients together and mix in the butter with fingers till it resembles breadcrumbs.

Mix egg and milk and add to above.

Boil water with a pinch of salt in a casserole with a lid.

Use a teaspoon dipped in boiling water to put spoonfuls of the dough into the boiling water.

Cover with tight fitting lid and cook slowly for 10 minutes.

Remove from heat.

With a slotted spoon , remove from cooking liquid and put into a serving bowl.

Put dots of butter on top.

Sprinkle a lot of cinnamon sugar over and serve with vanilla custard.

Make the vanilla custard sauce: beat all the ingredients well together.

Put in a small saucepan over low heat and cook , whisking constantly until it thickens.

But do not allow it to boil , or it will instantly curdle.

cake flour, baking powder, salt, butter, egg, milk, cinnamon sugar, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract