Mom's Old Fashioned Hot Cocoa Recipe

  photo: Linda Watts I have good memories drinking this cocoa with my Dad, after a hard morning of clearing snow off our steep driveway & many steps. Once in a while, I still enjoy a mug of Hot Cocoa, keep in mind, the taste is not the same as Hot Chocolate! See below for my Mom's recipe.   I remember how shocked I was when I saw her grab the salt shaker...  

Mom's Old Fashioned Hot Cocoa Recipe

Ky Cook's Mom

1/2 cup regular sugar
1/4 cup Cocoa
dash of table salt
1/3 cup of hot water
4 cups milk
3/4 tsp vanilla extract

In medium saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa and the salt.
Add the hot water & stir.
Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate mixture starts to boil.
Boil and stir for 2 minutes. Lower temperature a bit.
Add milk, stirring constantly, heat up to serving temperature.
Do not let the cocoa mixture boil.
Remove pan from the heat, add your vanilla.
Stir up real good.
Serve with a dollup of whipped cream or a few marshmellows on top.       Diary of a Kentucky Cook