Cocoa, New Mexican Style

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• Dash salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch ground cloves
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Whipped cream
• 4 cinnamon sticks

1. Combine sugar, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and spices in a medium-size saucepan.
2. Stir in the water and simmer 3 minutes.
3. Gradually add milk and heat until hot but do not boil.
4. Using a molinillo (a Mexican chocolate stirrer), a fork, or a rotary beater, whip cocoa until frothy.
5. Pour hot cocoa into mugs or stemmed glasses and serve immediately with dollops of whipped cream and cinnamon sticks.
6. Variation:
7. Grate a little nutmeg onto the whipped cream.

sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, water, milk, vanilla, cream, cinnamon sticks

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/cocoa-new-mexican-style (may not work)