Ingredients:

Chocolate Gravy

• 2 cups sugar
  
• 6 tablespoons flour
  
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 4 cups whole milk (use one can Pet evaporated milk and the rest fresh sweet milk)

Steps:

1. Mix sugar, flour, cocoa and salt together - mix in saucepan. Add just a little hot water to get the mix smooth. Place over low heat and gradually stir in milk.
2. Increase to medium heat. Cook (be careful not to boil), stir constantly, until thick.
3. Serve over hot, buttered homemade biscuits. Garnish with a large, ripe strawberry.

Ingredients:

Biscuits

• 2 cups flour
  
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
  
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  
• ¾ teaspoons salt
  
• 2 Tablespoons butter + o 2 Tablespoons shortening (bacon fat is best) or 4 Tablespoons butter
  
• 1 cup chilled whole milk or buttermilk

Steps:

Secret to good biscuits is to touch your dough as little as possible!

1. Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt - mix in large mixing bowl. Using your fingertips, mix butter and shortening into dry ingredients until you have course crumbs. Make a well in the middle and add the milk. Stir just until dough forms - dough will be very sticky.
2. Turn dough onto floured surface; dust with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut biscuits with a 2-inch biscuit cutter. Reform scrape dough until all is used.
3. Butter your black cast iron skillets. Place the biscuits side-by-side in the skillets. Bake at 350 degrees until light gold on top.

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