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Grandma’s Chocolate Pudding

  • Author: Doris DuPre

Description

I loved Grandma’s chocolate pudding more than anything. It’s such a simple recipe. I’m ashamed to say I haven’t made it in years. Grandma always served it with a bit of cream poured over the top and sliced banana if she had one in the kitchen.

She wrote down six tablespoons of sugar but only used four. Grandma usually reduced the sugar in her recipes because she worried it would cause Diabetes (it doesn’t). I use four because it wouldn’t taste the same with six.


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Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups milk
  • pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Fill bottom of double boiler with water making sure the water won’t touch the top half
  • Over medium heat bring water to simmer, if the water boils turn the heat down
  • Whisk together cocoa, cornstarch and sugar in the top of a double boiler
  • Whisk in milk
  • Set the top over the simmering water
  • Stir constantly with wooden spoon or rubber scraper until thickened
  • Take off heat and stir in salt and vanilla
  • Pour into serving bowl
  • Cover with plastic wrap, press onto surface of pudding to avoid a skin forming (or just cover if you like the skin)
  • Serve warm with cream and sliced bananas