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Store bought egg nog is too sweet and rich for The 99 Cent Chef, so I came up with a delicious recipe that uses 2% milk and a minimum amount of sugar.
This recipe is a simple and festive start-up to your holiday.
Grocery stores start selling Eggnog during Thanksgiving, and finishing during Christmas. So you can start practicing now so you will have the recipe down when it's time to trim the Christmas tree!
However be careful and do not get carried away -- those small airline bottles of booze mixed into an egg nog carry a kick, as the second half of the Chef's Christmas themed video will attest.
Each ingredient cost 99.99 cents or less, even some of the airline bottles (though the Lauder's Scotch in the video was $1.29 a bottle.) And dried spices are always for sale at local dollar stores and markets.
So pour yourself a 99 cent Homemade Egg Nog and enjoy the Chef's new value-added two videos in one.
Egg Nog Recipe and A Tipsy Tree Trimming - Video
Play it here. The video runs 5 minutes 12 seconds.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
99 thanks to neighbor Pete for his clever contributions.
Click here to see Pete's hilarious videos.
Click here to view or embed video at youtube.
*One ornament was broken and two fuses were blown in the making of this video.
Click here to see Pete's hilarious videos.
Click here to view or embed video at youtube.
*One ornament was broken and two fuses were blown in the making of this video.
Ingredients (2 servings)
- 2 cups of 2% milk - or 1 cup milk and 1 cup of half and half cream for a richer nog.
- 4 egg yolks - OK to reduce this amount to 2 yolks for an even lighter version.*
- 1 tablespoon of sugar (or a sugar substitute, but add during the cooling down stage.)
- 1/4 teaspoon each of nutmeg, vanilla extract and cinnamon.
1 airline 99 cent bottle of rum, Scotch, or brandy.
Directions
Heat 2 cups of milk over low/medium heat (do not boil) until it starts to low simmer - about 3-5 minutes.
While milk or cream heats up, separate egg yolks in large bowl, add sugar and whisk together for a minute to mix well.
Add one cup of the heated milk to yolk mixture a little at a time while whisking. After milk/egg is incorporated return to heated pot of milk and continue cooking.
Make sure egg nog does not boil, and keep lightly whisking. The egg nog will thicken slightly after about 10 minutes.
Turn off heat and set aside, if you, like the Chef, enjoy warm nog - or you can refrigerate. The egg nog mixture will finish thickening as it cools down to a milkshake consistency.
Add as much or little of an airline bottle of booze as suits your taste - my Homemade Egg Nog is good with or without alcohol.
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