My Aunt Linda & Uncle Tom are still in town and we have been spending everyday with them…soaking them up. My kids have missed their Grammy like crazy and Aunt Linda or Nina, has been a breath of fresh air. She invests in them. I love it. It is soooo Mom…it must be a Hall gene.
So while Aunt Linda is in town we have done a bit of baking and cooking. I am a HUGE fan of our family cookbook…The Dining Halls…From Our Halls To Yours. It has the most amazing recipes, from the most amazing women. All our Hall Family recipes collected together in one book. The other night Aunt Linda said she was going to make Aunt Lynda Lee’s chocolate cobbler recipe and Aunt Martha wanted to watch it go down 🙂 I thought, “Hmmmm, this may make a good blog post.” And sure enough…I thought it was blog worthy because it is in fact the weirdest recipe I have ever seen. The end result…well it’s just heavenly…for reals.
Let the weirdness begin…oh and bear with my late night camera lighting…
Melt 1 1/2 sticks of butter in a 9×13 pan. Aunt Linda did this by putting the 9×13 pan on one of the stove eyes and turning it on low. It melted while we got the rest of the recipe together. She’s a pretty smart lady.
Mix together in a bowl 1 1/2 cups self rising flower,
1 1/4 cups sugar,
1 3/4 T. cocoa,
2 tsp. vanilla,
and 3/4 cup milk.
Stir all those ingredients together.
By now the butter in your 9×13 pan should have melted.
Then pour the batter into the butter pan. DO NOT STIR.
Then mix 1 1/2 cups sugar and a 1/2 cup cocoa in another bowl. Stir together and sprinkle over the batter in the dish. DO NOT STIR.
And if all that “DO NOT STIR” stuff wasn’t weird enough…then you poor 2 cups boiling water into the pan. And…you guessed it…DO NOT STIR.
Put the pan in the over at 350 degrees and cook for 30 minutes.
30 minutes later…you have chocolate heaven in a 9×13 pan. This stuff is crazy good.
We ate ours in cups with vanilla ice cream. Don’t be hatin’ 🙂
Here is the full recipe…straight from The Dining Halls. Thanks Aunt Lynda Lee for sharing.
And this is why I should always have my camera with me. My Aunt Martha was getting a kick out of a can of Flarp…it makes really funny fart noises…if you were wondering what Flarp was.
Then my Aunt Tootsie called to talk to my Aunt Linda. Yes…yes, that is in fact my Aunt Martha making fart noises into the phone for her sister to hear. I suppose fart noises are the bridge between all ages 🙂
Happy Tuesday!
PS: Keep forgetting, but check our my friend Carol’s blog over at Love With Abandon.
They are working on raising money to host two sweet kiddos this summer from Lativa. Think about helping them out…and I think they are having a giveaway soon too.
Oh and speaking of giveaway…maybe the coolest giveaway ever on my site is going to start this Wednesday. It involves 6 art pieces, 10 keyfobs, 2 sets of anchor stationary and 2 Hall cookbooks…oh and 6 different winners. I’m pretty stoked.
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I LOVE this post! I’ve eaten this cake before and it really is HEAVENLY, especially with vanilla ice cream. And the bit about the FLARP with the photo of the phone call made me have to cover my mouth to not wake up my family laughing out loud. Thanks so much for sharing your life, Laura!
This made me laugh out loud. I never in a million years would have imagined Martha being entertained by a flarp. But, since she seems to enjoy it so, it is perfectly natural for her to want to share it with Tootsie. I hope you took it away from her so she won’t carry it to church. 🙂
Can’t wait to try the recipe…our granddaughter, Ansley, will like making this, too. Thanks…
You are so FUN!! Love you girl. ( and I had to go a double take on the picture of your Aunt Martha–I thought it was Sandra standing there! Remarkable resemblance!)
Flarp makes everyone smile, doesn’t it! And ‘family’ cookbooks and recipes are always my favorite!
This is a very delicious dessert. I first had it at Dave and Heidi’s…and have made it a couple of times since. Loved this post…was laughing out loud! Wonder if they will take the flarp to Mom’s today for entertainment?
Love this! so glad you had family over and what fun you had with these beautiful women! Going to try this recipe for sure! Would love to win a Hall cookbook!
I’m so proud to be a part of the Hall family…flarp and all 🙂 .
Have made the cobbler before but it’s been awhile – need to make again today:)
and……. Ditto to what Rebecca said:):):) Love our family!! Mama has not told me about her new-found fun – think I know what I’m getting her for her August birthday:)
Agree with Amy and Rebecca 100%!!
This looks amazing!!! I seriously hope you keep posting recipes! 🙂
I have made this delicious recipe before, and it’s delicious right out of the oven, with the vanilla ice cream!!!!! Just saw your post of the Wonderful Art pieces. Who ever win these will be Lucky ones…… Like everything that you have made.. I know you are counting off the days, till you get your sweet Baby Boy….
Can you purchase the Hall Cook Book anywhere? Have a Blessed Day….
Are you sure we’re not related in some way??!! Lol!! Because Flarp has been the source of TONS of fun in the Chadwick household! Working at Michaels as long as I did, and both my kids had their first job there as well, it always shows up in Christmas stockings, Easter baskets or just to send to the neice and nephews! 😀 And there is always one sitting on he hubbies desk at home and at work!
Desperately want to try your weird dessert! But we are dieting in the Chadwick household….so I think I will make it for a special treat on Father’s day and send he leftovers home with my daughters best friend and my daughters fiancé! 😀 Because I have the feeling I’d just eat that whole pan up otherwise!!
Yummy! I will definitely be making this!
And your aunts are a hoot!
Thank you Laura for mentioning my blog on yours yesterday. I had my highest traffic day ever!!! Since this is all new for me, I find that pretty exciting. I look forward to trying this recipe, but don’t feel it would be too safe right now. Since I am feeling stressed over our fundraising, I fear I could consume it all in one setting. Maybe, it will be my way of celebrating when we finally cross the fundraising finish line. Just $250.00 to go to be half-way there. Hopefully the downhill slide will go faster. Looking forward to your giveaway.
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