Sunday, December 19, 2010

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Well, I'm home for the holidays and finally getting the chance to cook! I've missed it a lot. I made homemade lasagna with turkey meat (I'm allergic to beef) and cheese bread for dinner, and afterwards I decided I wanted some hot chocolate.

Ingredients:
1/3 cup unsweetened Hershey's cocoa powder
1/2 cup white sugar
4 and 1/2 cups of skim milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
whipped cream for topping (optional)
extra cocoa powder for garnish (optional)

Instructions:
1) Mix together the cocoa powder, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

2) Add the remaining milk and allow to increase in heat, but not to boil.

Once it is hot, add to mugs and garnish with whipped cream and cocoa powder, or cinnamon, or a peppermint... whatever you like. I added homemade whipped cream and dusted it with cocoa powder :)