Eggnog Recipe

Store-bought eggnog just can't compete with my homemade version. Apricot brandy is my "secret" ingredient!—Shelia Weimer, Bluefield, West Virginia

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Eggnog Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 20 min. + chilling

Yield: 20 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 quarts 2% milk
6 eggs, beaten
1 cup apricot brandy or brandy
1/2 cup rum
2 tablespoons bourbon
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 quart half-and-half cream
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

In a Dutch oven, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into eggs; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon.
Transfer to a large bowl; cool quickly by placing bowl in ice water and stirring for 2 minutes. Stir in the brandy, rum, bourbon and vanilla. Cool completely. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Just before serving, stir in cream and nutmeg. Yield: 20 servings (3/4 cup each).

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 252 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 95 mg cholesterol, 153 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 7 g protein.

Originally published as Eggnog in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p13