New England Hot Chocolate
I'm a New England girl, through and through. Even during the snowiest of winters, I cannot imagine living anywhere else. Sure, there are days when it's so cold the air hurts your face, but that's why hot chocolate was invented! I've been making this recipe for more than 10 years, and it disappears so quickly I've never gotten a chance to take pictures of it. This time around, I set up my surrounding shot, including the glass so that I was prepared. I made the hot chocolate, poured it, took my pictures.
I went to edit the pictures, and came back to this:
The kid strikes again. It's good stuff. Try it. It's not overly sweet, which I love. I use the real NH maple syrup, but you can use maple flavoring if you can't get your hands on any. If you live in a state that produces maple syrup, I highly recommend going for a tour during sugaring season. It's such an amazing process, so much work to yield that amber goodness! We look forward to Maple Weekend every year, and always meet such nice people and come home with a bag full of treats. I love maple sugar in my coffee, and maple cream on toast.
(originally made 10/30/2007)
First thing I saw this morning was a post by Rosie for New England Hot Chocolate. Since it's a balmy 32 degrees here in New Hampshire this morning, I ran to the cupboard to see if I had all the ingredients to make this. I halved the recipe since I didn't think Jake would drink more than a sip or 2, he's not one for warm beverages. WRONG! He drank all his and is now eyeballing mine LOL
New England Hot Chocolate
I went to edit the pictures, and came back to this:
The kid strikes again. It's good stuff. Try it. It's not overly sweet, which I love. I use the real NH maple syrup, but you can use maple flavoring if you can't get your hands on any. If you live in a state that produces maple syrup, I highly recommend going for a tour during sugaring season. It's such an amazing process, so much work to yield that amber goodness! We look forward to Maple Weekend every year, and always meet such nice people and come home with a bag full of treats. I love maple sugar in my coffee, and maple cream on toast.
(originally made 10/30/2007)
First thing I saw this morning was a post by Rosie for New England Hot Chocolate. Since it's a balmy 32 degrees here in New Hampshire this morning, I ran to the cupboard to see if I had all the ingredients to make this. I halved the recipe since I didn't think Jake would drink more than a sip or 2, he's not one for warm beverages. WRONG! He drank all his and is now eyeballing mine LOL
New England Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons baking cocoa- I used Penzey's
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 cups milk
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup (or 1t maple flavoring)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 large marshmallows
Instructions
In a large saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, and salt. Stir in hot water and butter; bring to a boil. Add the milk, maple flavoring, vanilla and 8 marshmallows. Heat through, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows melt. Pour into four mugs and top each with a marshmallow. Source: Rosie, Taste of Home community message board
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