2 Ingredient Biscuits and Chocolate Gravy

Vickie from A Day on the Urban Farm and Getting the Grocery Bill Low is sharing a recipe for biscuits that only require 2 ingredients!

I got married to my husband at a very young age and without the knowledge of how to cook. Oh I knew the basics –how to scramble some eggs, make a pancake, etc. but not how to make any great dinners. I was, and still am,  very clumsy and Mother kind of would give me the privilege of cleaning up the kitchen instead of making dinner. Worked great till I married! It was then I asked Mother how she made something and she would say a pinch of this and scoop of that. Not something a young bride needed to hear, I needed exact measurements!
 
So I started buying cookbooks from stores and garage sales. When I ate something I really liked I requested the recipe from the cook. A few times I was told it was a secret family recipe, but more often they were so pleased I asked them, they went and wrote it down right then for me. So over the years my file of recipes has grown to include some very tasty dinners.
 
Still I longed to make my Mother-in-law’s homemade biscuits and I had that longing over 30 years! We would go on vacation and I would watch her mix, take a small handful of dough and roll it around in her hands, then put the dough in a pan, and give each biscuit a little pat. Beautiful shaped biscuits went in to the oven and out came the most delightful moist biscuits. Every time we came back home I would give it another try for a week or more, then go back to cracking open that can of biscuits.
 
One day a friend gave me a biscuit recipe to try. One so easy I just had to give it a try. The biscuits, I think, equal my Mother-in-law’s. Okay, really in my mind I think they top them!

The Best Biscuits Ever

2 cups of self-rising flour (White Lily is the best)
1 cup of Whipping Cream

Mix together then roll out and cut biscuits.   Bake at 450 for about 10 minutes until lightly brown.

One of our favorite breakfasts was Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits growing up. I happened to be at Mom’s house one morning when Dad requested this wonderful breakfast. I just knew my husband would love it if only I knew the recipe. So every time Mom put something in the skillet I made her measure. Now this recipe can be handed down through the next generation to love and enjoy. Now mind you it’s not like a sausage gravy;  it’s more of a pudding. Wonderful.
 
Chocolate Gravy
 
½ cup of Cocoa
¾ cup of Sugar
½ cup of flour
1 cup of milk
2 cups of water

Mix everything in a iron skillet and stir over medium heat till thick. Add a drop of butter and 1 tsp. of vanilla.

Vickie is the author of A Day on the Urban Farm where she writes about her experiences of living the country life in the city and the coauthor of Getting the Grocery Bill Low a blog about how to save money at the grocery store and more.

This post is linked to Sunday Mornings at I’m Losing It Here.