Ingredients
3 tbsp cocoa
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp flour
2 cup milk
2 tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
Mix the cocoa, sugar, and flour together. Add the milk, making sure
it mixes smoothly. Heat (medium) and stir constantly until it
thickens. This takes about 8 minutes. Take off of heat. Add butter.
Stir until it is melted and mixed. Add vanilla and stir until mixed.
Serve hot over buttered biscuits. Buttered toast will do in a pinch.
Notes: This is an almost lost Ozark classic. It hardly ever shows up
in ethnic or regional cookbooks.
If this cools, it becomes something else: chocolate pudding!
Chocolate gravy is a great way to make sure your kids get their
minimum daily requirement of sugar!
Servings: 1 batch
Chocolate Gravy Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Dessert; Gravies
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We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Gravy recipe.
