Homemade Eggnog Recipe [+Video] 🎅 MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Creamy homemade eggnog recipe to enjoy your holiday season with your loved ones.

Choose if you want it spiked with alcohol and if you want to add egg whites.

I show you further below how to make eggnog from scratch easily with whole ingredients.

📕 What is Eggnog?

Eggnog is a thick holiday milk egg punch that may or may not include rum or any other alcohol.

Traditionally the creamy liqueur is served during the Christmas season and sometimes around Thanksgiving as well.

Eggnog is kind of like a liquid version of custard because the preparation is almost the same.

In fact, this liqueur recipe resembles my vanilla ice cream recipe because the preparation is almost identical.

The beverage also resembles the german egg liqueur (Eierlikör), the dutch advocaat and the South American Ponche Crema.

Popular coffee shop chains came up with their version, and these can be easily recreated at home too. For example, the Starbucks eggnog latte recipe counts as a favorite.

🥛 Ingredients

These are the main ingredients that make eggnog:

• Milk
• Vanilla Bean
• Nutmeg ground
• Whipping cream or heavy cream
• Egg yolks
• Sugar

These are the optional ingredients:

• Alcohol - rum, brandy and similar
• Stiff egg white peaks - egg whites are raw. It can be added to make the egg punch thicker.

🥄 How to make it?

Prepare your own creamy eggnog at home this holiday season!

Making it is not only fun but also super rewarding.

I have broken down the whole process into 3 easy steps.

The full recipe with ingredients, detailed instructions, and video can be accessed further at the bottom of this post.

Step 1

Slit open a vanilla bean and scratch out the seeds.

Heat up a pan and add the milk, vanilla bean, pinch nutmeg and whipping cream to the pot and combine.

Allow the milk to get infused over the heat until the milk starts to get frothy. Do not boil.

Take from the heat and allow the milk to get infused with the flavors by covering in the pot and letting it sit in a corner of your kitchen.

Step 2

Separate egg whites and yolk. Keep whites in the fridge.

Beat egg yolks with the sugar to a pale yellow.

Take out the vanilla bean from the infused milk and discard the bean.

Pour infused milk to the yolk sugar mixture and combine.

Take the eggnog back to the heat.

Cook, whisking continuously until it all thickens and gets frothy. Do not boil!

Place eggnog into a container to keep in the fridge overnight so that flavors get a chance to develop.

Step 3

Just before serving decide if you want a warm or a cold eggnog. Heat up eggnog in a pan if you want it warm.

Decide if you want to make your liqueur thicker by adding stiff egg white peaks (involves raw eggs) and if you want to spike your nog with rum, brandy or whiskey.

If yes to both, beat egg whites stiff and pour and mix the alcohol into the eggnog.

Pour eggnog into a glass and add egg whites to the nog as a white layer. (stiff peaks can be folded into the whole batch too before serving)

Garnish with a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon.

You can place a cinnamon stick too into the Christmas beverage as a deco piece for your delicious and perfect eggnog.

⏱️ How long does it last?

Your homemade eggnog will last 2-3 days in the fridge and a couple of more days if you add alcohol.

Do not keep it standing out at room temperature because it will turn bad quickly.

I don't think that presenting the egg liqueur in a punch bowl at a party is such a good idea because of that.

Keep your eggnog in the fridge at all times and consume it as soon as possible.

❄️ Freezing

Yes, you can freeze eggnog.

Prepare the recipe as per instructions to add the alcohol if you like but not the stiff egg white peaks.

Keep in a freezer container and freeze.

To thaw take out the eggnog and keep in the fridge overnight to thaw slowly.

When completely unfrozen take your egg nog to a blender to just mix it through before serving warm or cold with or without stiff egg whites.

🥣 Uses

You can also use your finished egg nog in other recipes.

For example to make cake, pancake, waffles or muffins with eggnog flavor.

An easy way to use egg punch in your baked goods is to switch the egg liqueur with the eggnog in my german egg liqueur cake.

💭 FAQs

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