GF Vegan Golden Walnut Dumplings (Aranygaluska)

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Dissolve yeast with sugar in lukewarm milk.
3. Then using a large bowl, mix it with the flour, oil, salt, sugar, lemon zest and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Knead into an airy and very soft dough.
4. Cover and in a warm place let it double in size (it takes about 30 minutes).
5. Using a cake pan (you can butter it with vegan butter or use a parchment paper, I use a non sticky pan), turn out the dough onto a floured surface, roll out 2 cm (1 inch) thick and with a small cutter cut out balls. Reroll scraps and cut out more dumplings.
6. Cover the balls with a little oil. The easiest way is to use an oil spray on both sides of the rolls. Then roll them in the chopped walnuts and lay them on the cake pan so they cover a small piece of each other.
7. Bake it in the oven for about 25-30 minutes until it turns golden-brown.

8. While the dumplings are in the oven, prepare the custard. In a sauce pan start to boil the milk. Use a glass to mix in 3 tbs of the milk with the vanilla extract and the pudding powder, mix it well and add it to milk just when it starts to boil. If you think, you can add a little sweetener to it, too. Just when it starts to thicket, remove from heat and set aside to cool down.