The most common Mutschel is made of wheat, yeast, a small amount of fat like lard or butter and eggs.

A third possibility is that Reutlingen baker Albrecht Mutschler invented the shape in the 14th century.

[1] On Mutscheltag (the first Thursday after Epiphany), townspeople gather in halls and homes to play dice games, the winner of which earns parts or whole Mutschel breads.

The games are won both independently and by grand total at the end of the hour or night.

Mutscheltag is about community, about sharing and making everybody happy and a winner at the end of the day.

If a loved one can´t participate, a friend pays a visit to bring over a Mutschel.

In the neighboring community of Pfullingen, there is a similar custom with a cake called "star".

Player number one lays the die in front of him with one dot face up.

Whichever player reaches 21 or higher receives a tally mark.

After each roll, write down the die result in the hundreds, tens, or ones place.

That is, a roll of one should most properly be written down in the hundreds place so that the house number can be as small as possible.

The rule can change to the opposite where the goal is to roll the biggest possible number.