Homemade Eggnog Recipe
Homemade Eggnog is a healthier recipe to use to enjoy holiday traditions without sacrificing your healthy lifestyle! This can be enjoyed anytime during the holiday season, whether it’s Christmas Eve, a holiday party, or just a chilly winter day with the kids.
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This easy eggnog recipe has all the makings of traditional eggnog recipe, and it is way healthier, and satisfying to make than store-bought eggnog. The best part about a homemade eggnog recipe is that you can source all your own ingredients. You also have more control over the sugar content, compared to what you get at the grocery store. We like to sweeten up this homemade version with raw honey, but we’ve seen maple syrup as a sweetener and that works well!
This Homemade Eggnog Recipe is such a great way to spend a winter day, and you can really impress your guests with how warm, tasty, and beautiful this creamy eggnog can be. If you’re serving this at a party, you can always add rum or brandy to make this classic Christmas cocktail.
If you’re a die-hard eggnog lover, the best thing about this Homemade Eggnog Recipe is that it is always available for you! You no longer have to wait for the grocery store to put out the eggnog only at the winter holiday season. The best kind of eggnog is your own eggnog at any time of year. Even in the summer, serve it with some ice cream to make a chilled eggnog float.
Ingredients to Make Homemade Eggnog:
- milk
- heavy cream
- egg yolks
- raw honey
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- rum (optional)
Non-alcoholic eggnog is a great treat for the whole family, and you can dress this up by topping it with whipped cream or a sprinkle of cinnamon. Serve a warm cup with to enjoy with Christmas cookies. The best homemade eggnog is the eggnog that’s shared with loved ones!
With a classic eggnog recipe, you will often see raw eggs used. Whenever you use raw eggs you have to be cognizant of the risk of salmonella. As you’ll see below, we like to temper the eggs to a safe temperature to eliminate this risk to be on the safe side.
While the risk of salmonella is small, you won’t have to worry about it at all in this homemade eggnog recipe. This will make it a lot less complicated to serve at holiday gatherings as it’ll be appropriate and safe for older adults, children, and basically the whole family.
How to Make Homemade Eggnog:
- Heat up the milk, heavy cream, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large saucepan at medium heat or medium-high heat.
- While the milk mixture heats up, whisk the egg yolks and honey together until light and fluffy.
- When the hot milk mixture starts to steam, not boil, slowly add a ladle of it to the egg mixture while whisking continuously.
- Now that the eggs are tempered, add it back to the saucepan with the rest of the hot milk mixture and bring it back to almost boiling. It will start to thicken a little bit.
- Pour the eggnog mixture into a large bowl and leave to cool in the fridge overnight.
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Homemade Eggnog
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 8 egg yolks
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- rum (optional)
Instructions
- Heat up the milk, heavy cream, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large saucepan.
- While the milk mixture heats up, whisk the egg yolks and honey together until light and fluffly.
- When the milk mixture starts to steam, not boil, slowly add a ladle of it to the egg mix while whisking continuously.
- Now that the eggs are tempered, add it back to the saucepan with the rest of the milk mixture and bring it back to almost boiling. It will start to thicken a little bit.
- Pour the eggnog into a mixing bowl and leave to cool in the fridge overnight.
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This is not “real eggnog”, but it’s a healthier alternatives and is very delicious!