Liquefied chocolate bubbles up through this baked cobbler like a Willy Wonka primordial swamp. While still warm and magnificently gooey, spoon it into bowls and serve it with ice cream or whipped cream. Now that's eating with joy!
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~ Cleo Coyle, author of
The Coffeehouse Mysteries
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Cleo Coyle writes two bestselling mystery series with her husband. To learn more, click here. |
Pour-over cobblers are quite common and you can find many versions on the inter-web: some use fruit like strawberries or peaches, others use nuts and additional ingredients and toppings.
Many years ago, one of my very kind Coffeehouse Mystery readers, Alicia Farage, left a comment on my Facebook page (and, by the way, everyone is welcome to follow me on Facebook, too). She told me she enjoyed the chocolate version of this cobbler, and that gave me an idea. Starting with the basic plain chocolate recipe, I created my own adapted version, which pays tribute to one of my all-time favorite cookies, chocolate chip. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks again to Alicia for the foodie inspiration...
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Cleo Coyle's
Chocolate Chip Cobbler
INGREDIENTS
Chocolate topping
1/2 cup sugarChocolate Chip Cobbler
INGREDIENTS
Chocolate topping
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
Cobbler batter
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or block chocolate, chopped)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup milkInto 9-inch cake pan
4 Tablespoons butter
Final liquid layer
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup freshly brewed coffee (You won't taste the coffee;
it works to deepen the chocolate flavor)
DIRECTIONS
Step 1: Create chocolate topping — Mix sugar and cocoa in a small bowl and set aside.
Step 2: Create cobbler batter — Stir together sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate), vanilla, and milk. Mix until all ingredients are well blended but do not over mix the batter or you’ll develop the gluten in the flour and toughen the end product. (Set this batter aside.)
Step 3: Melt butter in cake pan — Place the butter in a 9-inch cake pan. Put into a preheated 350º F. oven. Once butter has melted, carefully remove pan.
Step 4: Simmer water + coffee — Place water and coffee in a small saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer.
Step 5: Assemble layers...
Into the pan with the melted butter,
pour in the cobbler batter that
you made in Step 2. Do not stir.
Into the pan with the melted butter,
pour in the cobbler batter that
you made in Step 2. Do not stir.
Sprinkle the chocolate topping (from Step 1)
over the batter. Do not stir.
over the batter. Do not stir.
Finally, pour the hot water and coffee
mixture over it all (do not stir).
Care for a scoop?
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Eat (and read) with joy!