I'm on a fiction-writing roll--haven't left my house for three days--but I haven't posted for two weeks, so today you get...my own awesome recipe for hot fudge sauce, invented by me. Perfect on Breyers vanilla icecream.
Chocolate makes everything better. Makes you write better. Makes you well when you're sick. Maybe. That's not a scientifically-proven statement. But I stand by it anyway.
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
1/2 C. real butter (no margarine)
1/2 C. slavery-free fair-trade cocoa powder (Dean's Beans is my favorite--you can buy online at http://globalexchange.org/)
1/2 C. milk
1 1/2 C. sugar
Melt butter in covered glass bowl in microwave. Whisk in cocoa until combined. Then whisk in milk thoroughly. Then whisk in sugar. (Don't try to dump them all in at once or it won't work). Microwave on high 2 minutes. Take out and stir. Mike another minute; stir. One more minute, then stir again. Continue until mixture is thick and begins to foam up. Cool a little and serve over icecream. Or, if you're my daughter, over bananas.
You can do this over the stove, as well, just follow the directions above, only do your cooking over Med-Hi heat and stir constantly with a wire whisk until thick.
So yummy. Don't make it if you're on a diet.
*note: oops, apparently Global Exchange doesn't sell Dean's Beans anymore, but it's still a great fair trade site you should check out. You can buy Dean's Beans baking cocoa at http://www.deansbeans.com/ instead.
Chocolate makes everything better. Makes you write better. Makes you well when you're sick. Maybe. That's not a scientifically-proven statement. But I stand by it anyway.
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
1/2 C. real butter (no margarine)
1/2 C. slavery-free fair-trade cocoa powder (Dean's Beans is my favorite--you can buy online at http://globalexchange.org/)
1/2 C. milk
1 1/2 C. sugar
Melt butter in covered glass bowl in microwave. Whisk in cocoa until combined. Then whisk in milk thoroughly. Then whisk in sugar. (Don't try to dump them all in at once or it won't work). Microwave on high 2 minutes. Take out and stir. Mike another minute; stir. One more minute, then stir again. Continue until mixture is thick and begins to foam up. Cool a little and serve over icecream. Or, if you're my daughter, over bananas.
You can do this over the stove, as well, just follow the directions above, only do your cooking over Med-Hi heat and stir constantly with a wire whisk until thick.
So yummy. Don't make it if you're on a diet.
*note: oops, apparently Global Exchange doesn't sell Dean's Beans anymore, but it's still a great fair trade site you should check out. You can buy Dean's Beans baking cocoa at http://www.deansbeans.com/ instead.
Glad to hear you're on such a writing roll! Working on Hepzibah, by any chance?
ReplyDeleteROFL. Awesome Elena, thanks!
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for you for the writing roll!
Hooray for writing rolls! Hey! We should totally make "rolls" for our next meeting to celebrate your writing roll! Woo-hoo!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys! Homemade rolls--mmm. Can you tell I'm hungry? Maybe I should stop writing and eat. Yep, Matt, it's Hepzibah. Maybe she'll finally see the light of day.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear you are on a roll AND have time to write. Maybe I will try the fudge sauce although I can already picture Max after eating it and it is not pretty.
ReplyDeleteWe are thinking of Carrie at Sate today and hope she is having a great race. Are you guys up there? We should have come but I spaced it until last night and then it was too late to change plans. Bummer. Let us know how it went.
Sorry about the Primary Program. I did not think you would want to sit through a full meeting just to hear Noah speak for 2 seconds, and Max, I guess.
Words of truth, indeed: "Chocolate makes everything better."
ReplyDeleteYour recipe looks yummmmmy! I will have to try it over some coconut sorbet.
Congratulations on being on a roll in your writing!
Thanks, Cat. Hmmm, coconut sorbet. So many delicious ideas...guess we'd better work exercise into the schedule, too. Too bad writing is sedentary, except when you're doing the think/pace thing.
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance send some of that writing roll my way. Oh, and hot fudge would be great too.
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