Dorcas Raber in the Flat Rock, Illinois Amish settlement said this dessert originated when a woman in her church used chocolate chip cookies instead of the graham crackers in the recipe she had gotten. “It really became a hit in our church,” she said. “Everyone just loves it. Locals call it "Flat Rock Pudding", I call it "The Best Pudding Ever." Really. It is amazing and this is a photo of it. I 'd drive 5 hours to Flat Rock just to eat this again (then, again, we could just make it ourselves and save us the drive!)
BEST. PUDDING. EVER.
Serves 8 to 12
Dorcas Raber said this dessert originated when a woman in her church used chocolate chip cookies instead of the graham crackers in the recipe she had gotten. “It really became a hit in our church,” she said. “Everyone just loves it.”
Flat Rock Pudding
Ingredients
- 6 cups milk
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 large egg yolks
- 3 cups whipped topping
- 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies
- Peanut butter, for sandwiching the cookie
Instructions
- Heat 4½ cups of the milk in a large saucepan over medium heat until the milk is scalded (180°F).
- Whisk in the flour, sugar, salt, vanilla, egg yolks, and the remaining 1½ cups cold milk.
- Heat the milk mixture until thick, stirring continuously. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Fold in the whipped topping.
- Spread some peanut butter between two chocolate chip cookies to form a cookie sandwich.
- Repeat until all four dozen cookies have been used. Cut or crumble the cookie sandwiches into the pudding mixture, and stir until well combined.
Salli
Thanks for the correction of your email. I had been trying to get the pudding recipe for 5 minutes. Haha! Sounds so good!
Pat
Thank you!!!
joyce deshong
this recipe calls for whipped topping. r u stating that you can use cool whip or regular whipping creme that has to be whipped
Kevin
You could use either, Joyce, I know Gloria would use her own homemade whipping cream!
Carolyn
Looks yummy . I definitely will have to try it. Probably for a potluck or family dinner.
Peggy
can u use chocolate cookies thats been crushed?
Kevin
Yes, Peggy, you can use whatever cookie you like, crushed chocolate sounds great!
D. Smith
I'm with you, Kevin! No potato salad would NOT make it the annual 4th of July we were used to (as kids as well as adults!). I love dill pickle potato salad, baked beans and pickled beets (my specialty, I start them as soon as I can get fresh beets) because I cannot grow beets in my current soil conditions. Ditto for carrots, no fresh from the garden stuff anymore since I lost my husband who used to do all the tilling for me. Ah well, it is what it is, I guess.
Sandy
I'm so sorry you lost your husband.
Kevin Williams
Yes, I am sorry you lost your husband, too. But I applaud you for continuing on and making those amazing-sounding salads!