Chocolate Cobbler

Well the weather has finally changed.  The late warm fall has given way to rain and frost around here.  It makes you want hot tea,  hot cocoa and warm pies, cakes, cobblers.  Well you get the idea.  So last night still being the Thanksgiving weekend ( meaning indulge in whatever you want to eat ) I got out a new cookbook and made a Chocolate Cobbler.  I have never had or heard of Chocolate Cobbler, but having the word chocolate in  the name it had to be good.

The recipe is in the new cookbook by  Christy  Jordan   Southern Plate classic comfort food that makes everyone feel like family.   The recipe  was easy to make, baked 40 minutes and out of the oven came a warm wonderful dessert.  When you dish out the cobbler there is a hot chocolate gravy that is at the bottom of the dish, mixed with the cobbler cake/crust.

It was the perfect dessert for a wet rainy night.

I'm not sure which recipe I will try next but I  definitely will be making more recipes from this cookbook.  To buy the book you can use the link below:


 www.oldriverbooks.com

or visit Christy Jordans website or other recipes :


www.southernplate.com

Here is the  Chocolate Cobbler recipe  by Christy Jordan in her cookbook Southern Plate classic comfort food that makes everyone feel like family :

1 cup Self rising flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup + 2TBLS unsweeten cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 TBLS veg. oil
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 3/4 cup hot tap water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8x8 pan

In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar (white), 2 TBLS cocoa powder. Add milk, vanilla, oil and nuts. mix well pour into pan.
In a small bowl mix the brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa powder. sprinkle over the batter.  VERY SLOWLY.
pour the hot tap water over the dry mixture and batter. ( BE SURE TO POUR WATER SLOWLY OR YOU'LL MIX UP THE INGREDIENTS.)
put into oven and bake 40 - 45 minutes. to test for doneness, stick a toothpick in no more than 1/2" if it comes out clean cobbler is done.

This can also be served with vanilla ice cream.