I don't keep a lot of convenience foods around the house. Food snob? Admittedly! The main reason, however, is that I am a junk-food junkie at heart. Given the choice between making a quick turkey sandwich to assuage my hunger or, say, scarfing six Oreos that are just screaming at me from their easy-seal bag, guess which I'll do? (If you guessed eat almost all the cookie parts first and build a single Duodecuple Stuffed Oreo, you might just be a freakin' psychic.) So, the deal I make with myself is that I try to eat only my own handmade sweets at home. This ridiculously simple recipe is the most low-effort homemade dessert I know, and has the added benefit of being so delicious, people will forget all about that crap Bill Cosby used to hawk.
No picture for this recipe because, well really, do you want to look at a cup full of brown?
Chocolate Pudding
Serves four (1/2 cup servings)
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. cornstarch
1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa
pinch of salt
1 3/4 c. milk (any kind but skim)
3/4 c. cream
1 t vanilla
Combine dry ingredients in a medium saucepan. Slowly add milk, whisking until well incorporated. Stir in cream, then cook over medium heat, stirring/whisking frequently, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. Boil for one minute, remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Pour into individual serving dishes and let cool for as long as you can wait. (Fine, one hour in the fridge is about the bare minimum.)
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