Atole

• 1/2 cup masa harina
• 5 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick, finely slivered
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Put the Masa Harina in a bowl and whisk in the milk, little by little.
2. Pour the milk mixture into a pot and add the brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to keep it from becoming lumpy.
4. Stir in the vanilla extract. Serve in mugs.
5. Variations:
6. Pineapple Atole.
7. Follow the basic recipe, but omit the cinnamon. After the mixture has thickened and has been removed from the heat, add 1 small can crushed pineapple, undrained.
8. Strawberry Atole.
9. Follow the basic recipe, but omit the cinnamon. After the mixture has thickened and has been removed from the heat, add 2 cups fresh strawberries that have been hulled, washed and crushed.

masa harina, milk, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/atole-225069 (may not work)