Dixie Grace Cooks
Chocolate Gravy
Never heard of chocolate gravy? You're in for a treat! Serve over hot biscuits!
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 stick butter
- 3 cups milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan or skillet. Add about two tablespoons of dry ingredients to skillet. Add a small amount of milk. Stir until smooth. Continue alternating dry ingredients and milk, stirring to incorporate, until you've added everything.
- Once you've incorporated all of the dry ingredients milk into a smooth liquid, cook to boiling, stirring continually. Once your liquid has thickened to a gravy consistency, take off the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Serve immediately over hot biscuits.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Serve hot biscuits and chocolate gravy at breakfast, brunch or as a dessert!
Una's (Almost) No Fail Biscuits
This recipe from Dixie's Aunt Una may be the easiest biscuit you'll ever run across. But, take it from Dixie, they're good!
Servings 10
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening You may need a bit more of the shortening. Use up to 2/3 cup total to get the desired dough consistency.
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Mix all together. NOTE: You don’t need to cut the shortening into the flour first.
- Generously sprinkle dough board with additional flour. Knead dough until slightly stiff. Roll out to about 1” thick and cut into circles.
- Bake at 400 degrees on a greased baking sheet. Serve warm. Enjoy!
Notes
Una always used Crisco when making these biscuits. But you can use one of the new organic veggie shortenings, such as Spectrum.
SERVING TIP: Top your hot biscuits with Chocolate Gravy (as shown). Check out Dixie's recipe for Chocolate Gravy here
Nutrition
Serving: 2biscuits
Dixie’s Famous Fruit Tea
A refreshing and unique take on fruit tea—with real fruit juice for extra nutrition. This tea is perfect to keep on hand for unexpected guests on a warm summer day.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 qt brewed black tea, sweetened to taste
- 2/3 cup Lakewood Organic Papaya Blend
- 2/3 cup No-pulp orange juice
- Fresh limes
Instructions
- Brew black tea and sweeten to taste. Discard tea bags. Serve over ice with a squeeze of lime wedge in each glass.
- Add Papaya Blend and orange juice. Stir.
- Garnish with lime slices. Keep refrigerated. Enjoy!
Notes
Papaya juice is Dixie's secret ingredient in this tea, but don't forget to add the lime. It adds the zing!
Nutrition
Serving: 8oz