Rich hot chocolate with just a hint of cinnamon for a special treat on Valentines.

Ingredients:
6 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Two beaten eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Whipped cream

Directions:
In a large saucepan combine 1-cup of the milk, the sugar, chocolate, and cinnamon. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until chocolate is melted. Gradually stir in remaining milk. Cook and stir until milk is very hot, almost boiling. Do not boil.

Gradually stir 1-cup of the hot milk mixture into eggs, then transfer entire mixture to saucepan. Cook and stir for two minutes over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Beat with a rotary beater until very frothy.

Pour hot chocolate into mugs and dollop with whipped cream.

Recipe makes six, eight-ounce servings.