Baking with Emma....

After dinner tonight I thought I would try another recipe out of something I've made before and couldn't find the recipe to again. Well, Emma decide she wanted to help me cook. :) She went up to her room, grabbed the cooking utensils from her kitchen and came down with "her" liquid measuring cup full of water ready to pour it in. Thankfully I was able to stop that before it ruined our recipe. :) I quickly found things for her to "help" with and mix. While I was turned away getting the water we needed, Emma managed to get some extra brown sugar out of the bag, taste it, spill it on the floor AND add some to the topping. We have a sticky mess in our house tonight. After our interesting and messy baking experience I realized I've never baked from scratch with Emma before...I think we'll be sticking to the boxes a while longer! :) Anyways, this recipe is EXACTLY what I've been looking for for over ten years now. It is delicious. I hope you will enjoy it! :) Chocolate Pudding/Chocolate Cobbler or whatever you wish to call it 1 c all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 7 T cocoa powder divided (3T and 4T) 1 1/4 c sugar divided (3/4c and 1/2c) 1/2 c milk 1/3 c melted butter 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or more - I love it) 1/2 c light brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 c hot tap water Preheat oven to 350. First stir together, flour, baking powder, salt, 3T cocoa powder and 3/4 c sugar. Stir in milk, melted butter and vanilla into the flour mixture. Mix until smooth. Poor the mixture into an ungreased 8" baking dish. The small corningware dish is a good one. In a separate small bowl mix the remaining 1/2 c of sugar (or maybe a little more if Emma is helping), the brown sugar and remaining 4 T of cocoa. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the batter. Pour the hot tap water of the all of the top. DO NOT stir. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the center is set. Let stand for a few minutes and serve with ice cream. DELISH!!!