Szilvas Gomboc

Ingredients

 * 2 1/2 dz. Free Stone Italian plums, washed, split, pit removed
 * 4 or 5 medium sized potatoes
 * 1 egg beaten
 * 4 cups of flour (unsifted)
 * 1 tsp. salt
 * Buttered bread crumbs
 * Sugar
 * cinnamon

Directions

 * 1) Peel potatoes and cook in salted water till soft.
 * 2) Drain and peel.
 * 3) Mash potatoes and add warm to sifted flour and salt on a kneading surface.
 * 4) Make a well and add egg and knead gently till all is blended.
 * 5) On a clean floured surface, roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick.
 * 6) Cut dough into 4 inch squares and put a plum into center of each square.
 * 7) Place 1/2 tsp. Sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon in the hole of the plum.
 * 8) Fold corners to the middle and roll the dumpling in your hands till round.
 * 9) Cook a few dumplings at a time in salted water for about 10 minutes.
 * 10) Remove with a slotted spoon.
 * 11) Place in a pan in which bread crumbs have been toasted in butter (one cup crumbs to 1/4 cup butter) and mixed with 1/2 cup of Sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon.
 * 12) Keep warm.
 * 13) When all the dumplings have been cooked and are in the pan, gently spoon the bread crumbs, butter, Sugar and cinnamon mix over all.