Meeting Reminder and Hot Chocolate Recipe

Good morning ladies! A reminder that our next meeting is THIS THURSDAY. If you have any changes in childcare, please remember to let Sandy know.

At our meeting, we will be blessed with a wonderful set of guest speakers, our own mom2mom Table Mom, Julie Hydzu and her husband Adam will broach the topic of marriage and intimacy.

The mom2mom mom's dessert night was a great success.  Many of you have asked for the Hot Chocolate recipe from Cheryl's dessert bar... here it is... why not make a batch, put the kids to bed, and share a mug with your hubby tonight? (So with this warm weather you may need to crank up the air conditioner already to cool down the house, but hey it is worth it to enjoy a mini-date-night-in!)

Creamy Hot Cocoa Recipe
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• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 cup boiling water

• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
  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.