Homemade Hot Chocolate
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
4 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
miniature marshmallows
Blend cocoa and sugar in a small bowl.
In a medium saucepan, heat milk to scalding. Mix about 1/3 cup of the hot milk into the cocoa-sugar mixture, then pour cocoa mixture into hot milk in the saucepan; stir until well blended. Stir in vanilla. Serve with mini marshmallows. Serves 4.
Wassail (Norse for “To be in Good Health”)
1 gal. apple cider
1 qt. orange juice
1 frozen pineapple juice
1-2 cups lemon juice
2 sticks cinnamon
2 tsp. cloves
1 cup sugar
*Rum (optional)
Simmer one hour in crock-pot or on stove and serve. This is the perfect warm drink for cold nights and for a large crowd.
