| 1 | Mix the cocoa, sugar, and flour together. |
| 2 | Add the milk, making sure it mixes smoothly. |
| 3 | Heat (medium) and stir constantly until it thickens. |
| 4 | This takes about 8 minutes. |
| 5 | Take off of heat. |
| 6 | Add butter. |
| 7 | Stir until it is melted and mixed. |
| 8 | Add vanilla and stir until mixed. |
| 9 | Serve hot over buttered biscuits. |
| 10 | Buttered toast will do in a pinch. |
| 11 | Notes: this is an almost lost ozark classic. |
| 12 | It hardly ever shows up in ethnic or regional cookbooks. |
| 13 | If this cools, it becomes something else: chocolate pudding! chocolate gravy is a great way to make sure your kids get their minimum daily requirement of sugar |
