Maple Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:

¼ cup sugar
1 tbl. baking cocoa
⅛ tsp. salt
¼ cups hot water
1 Tbl. butter or margarine
4 cups milk
1 tsp. Maple flavoring
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
12 large marshmallows

Directions:

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 eight marshmallows. Heat through, stirring occasionally until marshmallows are melted. Ladle into mugs and top each with a marshmallow.

FROM THE KITCHEN OF JOYANN COLLETT