Holiday bonus - Homemade Eggnog!

A Christmas tradition in my family is homemade eggnog. Mom used to make it for us, but now my older brother is the master of eggnog. This is nothing like the stuff you buy in the store. My brother's eggnog is simple, and delicious.

Here is his recipe:

1 egg
1 cup whole milk
1 Tbsp of honey
¼ tsp of vanilla
1/8 tsp of salt
Nutmeg to taste

Blend for about a minute to emulsify the honey into the milk.

My brother keeps bees, so the honey he uses is phenomenal. When you buy honey from the store it's not the same, but still tastes better than plain old sugar. Sugar is still an option though, if you are out of honey.

For that matter, quality ingredients are always important.

If you want to turn it into an adult beverage, add some bourbon, or even better brandy.

The blender doesn't need to be anything fancy. You could probably use a Vitamix, but I just use my old blender from the thrift store. Works great!
















I hope you give this a try, and that your family loves it as much as we do!

Update 12/24/2014
I've been trying some variations on the ingredients. First I tried replacing all the milk with cream, and that didn't taste right. I've also tried eliminating the honey entirely, and adding a little extra cream to the milk for more taste. That wasn't too bad. It's still nice to have half a tablespoon of sugar or honey per serving, otherwise the flavors don't express themselves as well. I've also tried half milk and half cream, which also isn't too bad, but the milk really brings a lot of flavor to the mixture. So of these attempts, my favorite is the full amount of milk, plus an extra splash of cream, with half the honey or sugar. That makes it a little bit more healthy for someone trying to eat low-carb.

A friend of mine mentioned that she frequently makes something like this for breakfast, but uses maple syrup for the sweetner instead. That sounds pretty exciting actually. Too bad I'm out of maple syrup right now, but I definitely plan to try that in the future.

Also I initially forget to include nutmeg in the ingredients. A dash of nutmeg adds a lot to eggnog too. I highly recommend it!

Merry Christmas!
Jack