This month...for some odd reason....I actually sat down and looked at the magazine and found some really good ideas.....one was for homemade hot chocolate....
I was immediately interested because when my kids play outside in the cold weather, they feel entitled to hot chocolate.....as if it's their reward for enduring the punishment that I inflict upon them for sending them into the great outdoors!
Because of homeschooling, I spent the whole day with my kids and I am often herding them outside.....hence, I am always running out of hot chocolate....
When I saw an easy recipe for homemade hot chocolate in the February issue of Martha Stewart Living using ingredients that I already had on-hand, I couldn't wait to whip up a batch! (Because in the long run.....it's insures a few moments of peace and quiet while my kids are out-of-doors!)
Yep...that's all you need!! (or so says Martha!)
2 1/4 cups of powdered sugar.....(and surprise, surprise....I was not exact in my measurements!)
1 1/4 cups plus 2 Tablespoons of unsweetened powdered cocoa
1/2 tsp. of salt
Have your wonderful helper mix it up.....
Add 3 Tablespoons to your mug or cup....
Now Martha calls for scalded milk here....I don't know what scalded milk is...I don't know how to scald milk...and quite honestly, if I did know what scalded milk was I would probably still ignore the instructions and add warmed milk or like I did here.....hot water from the tap.....
I submitted it to my test kitchen and it came back with favorable results!
I'm storing mine in a Ziploc bag.....Martha says the"shelf life" is 6 months, but I don't think that mine will last longer than a week before I run out.......
Thanks for sharing! I was just thinking today there has to be a better way to make chocolate milk for the kids than the stuff with high fructose corn syrup. This reminded me to check on some recipes online! Looks like it was a success! ;)
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