Hot Cocoa

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 cups milk
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla
• marshmallows

Directions

Blend cocoa and sugar in a small bowl. In a medium pan, heat milk to scalding. Mix about 1/3 cup of the hot milk into the cocoa and sugar and make a thick syrup, then pour syrupy mixture into the hot milk in the pan; stir until well blended. Add vanilla. Add marshmallows if desired.

Makes 4 servings

Source: This has been in my recipe box for years. It may have come from my home ec class in the 1970's.

By April from NW Missouri