Fall days

Well hey there! Here's another day and it was a typical chilly fall day here in Upstate, NY.  Today I was happy because I tried out a new recipe and mixed up an old favorite!

Our fall and winter staple recipe is my grandmother's famous Hot Cocoa Mix.  We make it every year and one batch makes up 3 of those nice big plastic Folger's Coffee cans.  Of course, with my SON that doesn't mean much anymore.  You only use 1/4 c per 8-10oz mug of hot water and it great with not only marshmallows or whipped cream on top if you like that.  Warning though, you need a huuuuuge bowl to mix it in!  So with even my largest big red mixing bowl, it was heaped over and made mixing a big old pain in the butt to do without spilling it all over.

Then I got to make my first ever loaf of pumpkin bread, which although didn't look as nice as I'd hoped sure tasted great, especially warm from the oven with melty butter on it.