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Grandmother McCain's Chocolate Pudding




Source of Recipe


My Grandmother McCain


Recipe Introduction


This is real, honest-to-goodness chocolate pudding made from scratch before the days of instant Jell-O Pudding. This is like your mother and grandmother used to make.



List of Ingredients




3/4 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
2 Tablespoons Cornstarch or ¼ Cup All-purpose Flour*
2 2/3 Cups Milk
4 Egg Yolks, beaten
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 ½ Teaspoons Vanilla Extract


Recipe



Combine sugar, cocoa powder and cornstarch in a medium-size heavy saucepan. Whisk in milk. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook, stirring, 2 minutes more.

Remove from heat. Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into beaten egg yolks. Return milk-egg mixture to the saucepan, whisking constantly.

Bring to a gentle boil, reduce heat and cook, stirring 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.

Pour pudding into a bowl or individual serving dishes. Cover the surface(s) with clear plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming. Chill. Do not stir. If desired, serve with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream on top.

YIELD: 6 servings