Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, plus more for pan
- 1 cups buttermilk
- 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
- Chocolate gravy, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in the shortening with a fork until it looks like cornmeal. Add the buttermilk, a little at a time, stirring constantly until well mixed.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 2 or 3 times. Roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut dough into circles with a 2-inch cutter.
Place the biscuits in a greased iron skillet. Gently press down the top of the biscuits. Brush the biscuits with half the melted butter and bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown. Brush the hot biscuits with the remaining butter. Split the biscuits in half and ladle Chocolate Gravy over the hot biscuits.
Chocolate Gravy:
- 1/3 stick butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 2 cups whole milk
Heat butter in a cast iron skillet over low heat. Mix in sugar, flour and cocoa. Slowly pour 1 cup of milk into the skillet and whisk well to remove lumps. Whisk in remaining milk, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick, being careful not to scorch. Serve hot over biscuits.
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By Becki Helmbacher
Sigel, IL
on November 28, 2012
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This was a family reunion must have on my dad's side. Then my mom got a hold of it and, genius that she is, made a vanilla version to put over waffles with fresh berries as well. Don't shoot me Paula, but I have a SUPER easy version of this that I work up in the microwave. I'm one of the baddies that measure everything by eye, so these might be a little off. 1 cup sugar, 3-4 Tbs corn starch, 4 Tbs coco powder, pinch of salt...mix it up in a microwave safe bowl. Slowly mix in about 3 cups of milk (I use whatever kind I have on hand, usually 1 or 2% also add about 1 tsp vanilla and 1 egg. Toss it in the microwave for about 5 minutes on high then whisk it like crazy. Give it another 3 minutes on high and beat it again. After that it will be thickening so just do it for another 1 minute at a time until it's as thick as you like it. For the vanilla version, just leave out the coco. Crazy easy right? I'm making it about once a week for my family.
By shirleye912_8621771
Kingman, AZ
on November 04, 2012
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My family is from Arkansas; us kids were born there but moved West when we were little. Everytime we returned for visits my Aunt always made Chocolate Gravy for us. She never used water in hers, always whole milk and sometimes a little heavy cream for added richness. Can anybody say AWESOME? !!!!!
By LadyD6212
Bartlett, TN
on October 07, 2012
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Delicious!!! I didn't experience chocolate gravy until I was in my early 20's when a good friend of mine fixed it for me. I had a huge craving for it this past week and sought out the recipe. Seeing Paula Deen had a recipe I knew it was a must try. My teenage boys had never heard of it and were very skeptical when they found out what I was making. Needless to say it was a hit! They loved it! I found that I slowly had to add a little more flour than the recipe called for in order to get it to thicken up. This will be a family favorite from now on!
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