This refreshing breakfast cocoa recipe drink is the ideal pick-me-up to start the right. It is the perfect chocolate start for any day
BREAKFAST COCOA
Walter Baker
& Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa is powdered so fine that it can
be dissolved by pouring boiling water on it.
For this reason it is often prepared at the table. A small
teaspoonful of the powder is put in the cup with a teaspoonful
of sugar; on this is poured two-thirds of a cup of boiling
water, and milk or cream is added to suit the individual taste.
This is very convenient; but cocoa is not nearly so good when
prepared in this manner as when it is boiled. For six cupfuls
of cocoa use two tablespoonfuls of the powder, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, half a pint of boiling water, and a pint and a half
of milk.
Put the milk on the stove in the double-boiler. Put the cocoa
and sugar in a saucepan, and gradually pour the hot water
upon them, stirring all the time. Place the saucepan on the
fire and stir until the contents boil.
Let this mixture boil for five minutes; then add the boiling
milk and serve.
A gill of cream is a great addition to this cocoa. Scalded
milk may be used in place of boiled milk, if preferred. For
flavoring, a few grains of salt and half a teaspoonful of
vanilla extract may be added.
