It's cold here. I mean really cold. And snowy and icy. Our weatherman keeps saying the words "arctic air." That can never be good.
As a result, I am moving through on a hot chocolate drinking marathon. I love hot chocolate, but I was starting to crave something else. Anything else.
And so it began.
I hit Google up for as many hot drinks I as it could find. Turns out, there are a lot of hot drinks, many of which contain an amazing amount of alcohol. That wasn't really what I was going for, but maybe later, that will come in handy. Anyhow, I found several that sounded good and am in the process of trying them all.
This caramel steamed milk was the first one I tried. It sounds weird, I know, but don't discount it yet.
It is so simple. Add a tablespoon of caramel syrup to a cup of milk and heat it up. You can use store bought syrup of make your own.
You can heat it on the stove, in the microwave or if you are lucky, your brother gave you a Cocomotion for Christmas one year. The first batch I cooked on the stove. Slowly. Painfully slowly. The second time, I mixed it up in my machine. That was by far my favorite since you get a nice layer of foamy milk on the top.
I could have stopped here. This is the perfect just-before-bed-get-the-kids-calmed-down treat. I have a cup right now as I watch the "wintry mix" fall outside my window. Give it a try. It is so amazingly good.
UPDATE: I have also used the Butterscotch Sauce in place of the Caramel...yummm...
UPDATE: When I posted this, I hadn't really spent any time away from it. Now that I have, I realize that I don't think I conveyed my love for this drink. Seriously, I think about it all day long. Try it. It will make you happy.
Caramel Steamed Milk
1 Cup Milk
1 Tablespoon Caramel Sauce
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan placed over medium heat. Bring to just a boil and remove from heat. Alternatively, you can steam or heat a cup of milk using your preferred method and stir in the tablespoon of caramel once the milk is hot. The sauce will easily melt and mix with the milk. Serve immediately.
2 comments:
I remember having something similar, made by my older sister in a restaurant she used to own (http://www.plymouthfarmersmarket.org/grilled-chicken-with-farmers-market-salad-joanne-farrar-rye-tavern/). The only difference is that it wasn't made in a pot. It was actually steamed. It's been years since I first had it, but because of you, I can make it without needing the machine I saw all those years ago.
I am so glad! It's funny because we just went through a cold snap this week and I made this. I had gotten away from it for some reason and hadn't made it in awhile. Both kids were thrilled with it and angry we hadn't been drinking it all winter :)
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