Favorite Chocolate Sauce

Yield: 3 cups

1/2 c butter or margarine
3/4 c Hershey's cocoa
1 3/4 c sugar
1 ds salt
1 cn evaporated milk (12 oz.)
1 ts vanilla extract

In medium microwave-safe bowl or 4-cup glass measure, place butter. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until melted. Add cocoa; stir until smooth. Add sugar, salt and evaporated milk; stir until well blended. Microwave at HIGH 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until mixture comes to a boil. Beat with whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Serve warm on cake, ice cream or other desserts. Cover; refrigerate leftover sauce. About 3 cups sauce. To reheat: Microwave at HIGH a few seconds at a time until warm.

Variations:
Chocolate-Nut Sauce: At the end of cooking, stir in 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted nuts
Chocolate-Mint Sauce: Stir in 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract with vanilla extract.

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