Creamy sweet cocoa

Its time for some creamy, sweet and delicious cocoa. It's old fashioned, it's comforting, it makes the kitchen smell wonderful and it's good for the soul.

Ingredients

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 cup white sugar

A pinch of salt

1/3 cup boiling water

3 1/2 cups milk

3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup half-and-half cream

Directions

Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs. Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature.