Wash apples, remove core, e.g. with an apple corer. Cut apples into very thin rings and sprinkle with 1 tbsp. lemon juice
Stir 3 tbsp. apple juice and starch until smooth. Boil up the rest of the apple juice, wine, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, aniseed stars and vanillin sugar. Cook the apples for about 3 minutes. Stir in the starch, bring to the boil
Stir the dumpling powder into 1/4 l cold water and let it swell for 5 minutes. Form about 12 dumplings. Let it simmer in lightly boiling water for about 10 minutes. Lift out the dumplings and let them drain
Mix cinnamon and sugar on a plate and turn the dumplings in it. Heat the fat in a pan. Fry the dumplings in it until golden brown all around. Arrange everything and decorate with mint if necessary