Recipe Wednesday - Biscuits & Chocolate Gravy

This was one of my husband’s favorite breakfast treats at his grandmother’s house while he was growing up. Before her Parkinson’s disease advanced to the point where she couldn’t cook anymore she taught me how to make the gravy. The biscuits are my own recipe and are the only thing I cook that my Hubby says are “just like Mom’s” and since his mother passed away before I got to know her I guess it will always be the only thing I cook that are “just like Mom’s” for him. She passed away before Hubby and I met and I know that he misses her. We lost my Hubby’s grandma earlier this year and we both miss her too – I plan on letting Lil Sugar enjoy this treat for breakfast on occasion and I’ll be sure to tell her about the sweet grandma who passed down the recipe.

Buttery Drop Biscuits:
2 C flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/3 C butter, softened
1 C milk
dash of salt

Mix all ingredients with a pastry blender until well blended, adding flour if the mixture is too runny or milk if it is too stiff. Butter a pan or a cookie sheet with raised edges and drop the biscuit dough by the spoonful onto the cookie sheet. Melt 1/2 cup of butter and pour over the biscuits. Bake at 425 degrees F until lightly browned on top.

Chocolate Gravy:
1 C sugar
2 T cocoa
1 heaping T cornstarch
2 1/2 C milk
1 T butter
1 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients over low heat stirring constantly until smooth. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally until gravy starts to thicken. Serve over biscuits.