1 stick butter or margarine
1 cup self-rising flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups BOILING water

Preheat oven to 350*.

Melt butter in an 8x8 baking pan or dish while oven preheats. (If doubling the recipe, use a 13x9 pan.)

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, and 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, making sure to whisk out all lumps.

Stir in milk and vanilla until smooth.

At this point you can stir in chopped nuts, coconut, chocolate chips or other flavored chips, miniature marshmallows or any combination of those if you desire.

Spoon batter over the melted butter in the baking pan. DO NOT STIR!!!

Whisk together the remaining 1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa.

Sprinkle over the batter. DO NOT STIR!!!

Slowly pour the boiling water over the top of the mixture. There may be dry areas. DO NOT STIR!!!

Bake until set, about 30-35 minutes. The crust will rise to the top and there will be areas that are a bit gooey but some crusty goodness as well. 

Great hot with a scoop or 2 of vanilla ice cream, or at room temperature or cold with whipped cream.

Recipe may be doubled. Use a 13x9 pan if doubling, and I encourage you to use real butter. It does make a big difference in the flavor of the cobbler, but if margarine is what you have on hand it's still great made with margarine. You can even use shortening or *gasp!* lard if you don't have butter, but I haven't tried making it with oil so I can't say how it would turn out, but I don't see that it would make that much difference in the texture.