Enjoy the Best Creamy Gingerbread Eggnog that you can truly enjoy. For those that love gingerbread cookies, you can enjoy this yummy traditional cocktail with the gingerbread flavor. Yes… of course, you can certainly pick up a carton of eggnog at your local grocer’s, but nothing beats a homemade version that’s thick and creamy eggnog.
I am not a hard liquor drinker, but ever since I tasted spiked Eggnog last Christmas, I wanted to try it again and experiment with these various recipes. Moreover, I love the eggnog recipes and different yummy flavors you can make. However, this traditional eggnog is with the right amount of gingerbread syrup, and with a fancy garnish; for you to show off at the next holiday party
If you’re making this with kids around, you can make it totally without alcohol, so that everyone can enjoy it. Just add a shot of your favorite liquor to your glass and give it a little stir.
WHAT IS EGGNOG?!
It’s historically known as milk punch (admittedly, not the best name). And, Eggnog is a mixture of beaten egg yolks, cream, and often, whiskey or rum to make it boozy.
As a matter of fact, Eggnog literally means eggs inside a small cup. It is used as a toast to one’s health. Nog is an old English dialect word (from East Anglia) of obscure origins that was used to describe a kind of strong beer (hence noggin).
EGGNOG HISTORY:
Not to mention, nobody seems to know the exact origins of eggnog, but it is first recorded in the seventeenth century. What’s more, Eggnog, however, is first mentioned in the early nineteenth century. But, it seems to have been popular on both sides of the Atlantic at that time. However, an alternative British name was egg flip.
It all began in England, where eggnog was the trademark drink of the upper class.
“You have to remember, the average Londoner rarely saw a glass of milk,” says author/historian James Humes (July 1997, “To Humes It May Concern”), former speechwriter and adviser to four presidents.”
According to food historian, Babson College professor, and author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, Frederick Opie, “Colonists referred to rum as grog; bartenders served rum in small wooden carved mugs called noggins. Thus the drink eventually became egg-n-grog and over time eggnog.”
“In the winter, the wealthy would drink warm milk and egg beverages seasoned with pricey spices: such as ground nutmeg and cinnamon and expensive liquors like brandy and sherry to keep it from spoiling.”
Nevertheless, an English creation, it descended from a hot British drink called posset, which consists of eggs, milk, and ale or wine.
In addition, the first recorded eggnog recipe dates back to 1775, and it called for rum.
The Germans make eggnog or rather egg soup with beer (Biersuppe).
WHAT IS EGGNOG MADE OF?
The recipe for eggnog; eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and some kind of spirit.
Once you temper the egg yolk-milk mixture, you return it to the stove and cook over medium heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. If you have a candy thermometer it should reach 160º.
WHAT LIQUOR GOES IN EGGNOG
If you want to transform this non-alcoholic eggnog into alcoholic eggnog, you’re probably wondering what liquor goes into eggnog.
Brown liquors are the best for eggnog so try:
- Rum
- Bourbon
- Brandy
Best Creamy Gingerbread Eggnog
INGREDIENTS
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar
- ice
- 4 cup eggnog
- 1 cup vodka
- 1 cup Kahlúa
- 2 tablespoon molasses, plus more for drizzling
- Pinch of ground ginger
- Whipped cream, for topping
- gingerbread man cookie (optional)
DIRECTIONS
- Wet rims of four cocktail glasses and dip in cinnamon sugar.
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add eggnog, vodka, Kahlúa, molasses, and ginger and shake to combine.
- Pour into rimmed glasses. Top with whipped cream and drizzle with molasses before serving.
Best Creamy Gingerbread Eggnog is everything you love about traditional eggnog with the right amount of gingerbread syrup and with a fancy garnish for you to show off at the next holiday party
Best Creamy Gingerbread Eggnog
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