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Know what’s really good on a hot night? My Mom’s homemade pudding (for the record, it’s also really good after you have 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed and can’t eat for say, 2 weeks). Tonight I had a major craving so I whipped up a bowl while T put the kids to bed. Instead of cooling it in the fridge I put it in a metal 9×13 pan and threw it in the deep freeze. I left it a little too long so the edges were frozen. So good! Judging from all the bouncing, the baby likes it too…

3 cups milk (whatever you like best works)
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup sugar
5 TBSP corn starch
1/2 tsp salt
3 egg yolks (freeze the whites in a ziplock bag for angel food cake)
1 TBSP butter
1 tsp vanilla

Pour milk into a microwave safe bowl (preferably glass). Chop the chocolate and add to the milk. Heat on high until the milk is scalded (whisk every 2 minutes). In the mean time, mix sugar, corn starch and salt together in a heat proof bowl. Once milk is scalded, slowly whisk it into the sugar mixture. Next beat the egg yolks and then slowly whisk in the milk/egg mixture. Return the mixture to the microwave safe bowl and place in microwave. Heat on high power in one minute intervals (whisking after each minute) until the mixture reaches desired thickness (usually about 5-6 minutes). As the pudding cools, it will continue to thicken some. When the pudding is finished cooking, whisk in the butter and vanilla and then pour it into a serving dish. Press waxed paper onto the surface to prevent your pudding from forming a “skin” and then refrigerate until cool.

FYI: you could cook this on the stove too but I’m not sure how it would be easier!

Variations:

Chocolate: you can experiment with various kinds of chocolate but make sure to adjust the sugar accordingly.

Vanilla: leave out the chocolate all together… duh!

Mock custard: use whole milk, 4 egg yolks and reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup. This is super yummy when served cold with still warm, homemade applesauce.

Pies: pour your favourite pudding version into a baked pie crust and top with meringue or whipped cream. Every time I make chocolate pie, people go nuts! For coconut just add 1/2 cup shredded coconut with the butter and vanilla and top with toasted coconut. That’s one of our fav’s.

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