Holiday Hot Chocolate

• 4 cups whole milk
• 4 cups half-and-half
• 1 pound white chocolate, chopped
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• Seeds scraped from 2 vanilla beans
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup orange flavored liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)

1. In a saucepan on medium heat, heat the milk and half-and-half to just below the simmering point.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and add the white chocolate.
3. When the chocolate is melted, add the vanilla, vanilla bean seeds, and 1/4 to 1/3 cup orange liqueur, according to taste, and whisk vigorously.
4. Reheat very gently and serve.

milk, white chocolate, vanilla, vanilla beans, orange flavored liqueur

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/holiday-hot-chocolate-recipe.html (may not work)