Carnegie Library - Holiday Breakfast
Still on "vacation", still organizing. Yesterday I did not work on the computer much at all. Did not blog, didn't go upstairs to the office much. I did relax, read, nap, talk to a potential client on the phone, did some knitting. A pretty good vacation day!
Today I have a little more activity on my schedule. I cleaned a little this morning. I've really been avoiding cleaning. I am all caught up on laundry so no laundry! I am blogging. I am meeting with the person I talked to yesterday about personal chef services. I plan to do some more knitting and there might even be a nap involved.
I went to the Carnegie Library in Newnan on December 22nd. I was there this summer, we had lots of fun and they asked me back. The menu was Holiday Breakfast with Breakfast Cookie Bars, Breakfast Burritos and a Hot Chocolate Buffet. There were about 40 people there, parents, grandparents and kids. All of the kids helped with the cooking and then everyone helped with the eating.
This turned out to be a big media event. There was a photographer there who was taking pictures for the Newnan website for the Chamber of Commerce and there was also a newspaper reporter and her photographer. David Thomas was the photographer for the website pictures and he did a great job. If you'd like to see his wonderful, professional pictures you can see them at www.davidlthomas.com under Cooking with Chef Carlin.
I of course asked the kids if anyone was a great photographer, gave them my camera and had no idea what I would end up with. I figured it would be better than no pictures at all. Here are my pictures:
The hot chocolate is very tasty and a good choice for a New Year's open house. You can keep it kid friendly like we did and also appeal to adults with some Amaretto, brandy, another of your favorites.
Hot Chocolate Buffett
serves 10
Hot Chocolate
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
8 cups milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Toppings
whipped cream
miniature marshmallows
cinnamon sticks
peppermint sticks
1. In a 4 quart slow cooker, combine unsweetened chocolate, chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Mix well.
2. Cover and cook on high, stirring occasionally until chocolate is melted.
3. With a wire whisk stir in 2 cups of milk and whisk until smooth. Add the remaining milk, cover and cook on high for 2 hours until hot.
4. Just before serving stir, reduce to low.
5. Let guests top each cup as desired.
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