Family favourite Christmas EggNog. My family's Christmas eggnog will put you in the holiday spirit quickly! Layers and layers of Christmas flavors go into this centerpiece dessert. The recipe calls for a boxed gingerbread cake mix, but you can substitute a spice cake mix if you can't find the gingerbread kind.

Bring the sugar, butter and eggnog to a full boil in a heavy medium-size saucepan. Whisk up a batch of this favorite Christmas drink that is way better than store bought! Homemade eggnog is one of our favorite Holiday treats. You can have Family favourite Christmas EggNog using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Family favourite Christmas EggNog

It's 1400 ml of whole milk.
Prepare 600 ml of heavy or double cream.
It's 2 of Vanilla bean pods split with seeds removed.
It's 3/4 piece of freshly grated nutmeg.
You need 3 of cinnamon sticks.
Prepare 350 ml of vanilla spiced rum.
Prepare 7 of large eggs.
You need 200 g of granulated sugar.

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Family favourite Christmas EggNog instructions

Combine milk, cream, nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla seeds and the pods into a large saucepan. Bring to the boil slowly then remove from the heat.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until thick ribons form, then slowly add and whish into the milk mixture.
Add the Rum and continue slowly whisking with a hand whisk. Rum can be substitued for brandy..
Allow to steep over night in the fridge.
Sieve out the mixture removing the cinnamon and vanilla pods.
Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into the milk mixture and serve in christmasy glasses or mugs.
Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick, with a mini gingerbread man at the side to dip in :).
Adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe.
If heating through serve before allowing to steep and do not add the egg whites. Do not reheat.
Also goes well with a little gingerbread.

Christmas Eggnog - Maybe I Do Like It. It's too thick, too sweet, and way too artificially nutmegy. I even did an anti-nog tweet recently, just for a few cheap, seasonal laughs, but then I realized I was being unfair to this iconic Christmas drink. Everyone's favorite holiday drink gets boozy and a little spicy. With gingerbread cookie dippers, it tastes like the world's best eggnog cheesecake.