Advent Day 22 *plus* Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Recipe

Happy Advent Season, My Lovelies!  This year on my Advent Calendar I want to share Christmas traditions from around the world along with a daily scripture reading.

Today's tradition comed from Peru.  Hot chocolate joins panetón, lechón and turkey in Peru’s canon of Christmas foods. However, this is a bit strange, as Christmas falls in early summer in Lima. As María Pía Barrientos writes in El Comercio, “Hot chocolate is a marvelous, thick and warming beverage capable of heating you up if you’re about to step out into one of the earth’s poles. No one questions its exquisite flavor. But does it really make sense to drink it when the sun finally comes out and we begin to suffocate in the heat?”  Surprisingly, hot chocolate is not a popular drink during winter in Peru!

Romans 5:10-11
10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.




Recipe for Gingerbread Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
1/2 c milk1/2 c heavy cream1 heaping T Penzy's Spices Hot Chocolate Mix1 1/2 - 3 t Williams-Sonoma Gingerbread Syrup
Procedure:
Whisk milk, cream, and hot chocolate mix together in a small saucepan.  Heat on medium-low heat until it begins to bubble.  Add syrup and whisk well.
Pour into mug and add whipped cream if desired.
Serves One.

Gingerbread mug topper is from Anthropologie


Until next time…
Blessings!
Ricki Jill