Sell me on your favorite eggnog recipe 🎄

[73349]

And we start with the constraints: Must taste amazing... without alcohol. I will buy pasteurized eggs if needed. Vegan options welcome, but no coconut. (We are also GF, but that shouldn't be an issue.) A fairly thick texture is nice.

I will also be glad to have recommendations for store-bought, but it must be available in my area (central NC), no food coloring, and explicitly marked GF either on the bottle or the manufacturer's website (not the store's) so I know there's no barley in there, especially with natural flavorings.

What's your favorite?

 

Thanks.

[katilac]

12 minutes ago, Carolina Wren said:

And we start with the constraints: Must taste amazing... without alcohol.

Eggs, cream, and sugar without alcohol? I'm just going to have creme brulee at that point 😄

[ScoutTN]

We buy Organic Valley. Yummy, no “natural flavor”. Ingredients: milk, cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, gellan gum.

[bibiche]

Four Roses eggnog. Just don’t add in the alcohol. Make sure to beat the yolks until they’re fluffy and pale - you can do this with a bain marie. Warm egg yolks will give you more volume. This eggnog is so much better than anything you will find in a store. Kids love it, adults love it (spiked). I’m with the kids on this one, though, not being terribly keen on booze. Do a Google search and you’ll immediately find it.

Edited December 10, 2021 by bibiche

[73349]

5 minutes ago, ScoutTN said:

We buy Organic Valley. Yummy, no “natural flavor”. Ingredients: milk, cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, gellan gum.

Their website says they're not making eggnog this year. 😕 Meanies.

[maize]

My dd has a recipe she likes, I'll have to ask her when she gets home. You cook the eggnog at a low temperature to pasteurize it.

[MrsMommy]

This is the recipe my family loves...my younger son, who hates store-bought eggnogs of all kinds, even loves it!

[marbel]

We like this one from Simply Recipes; we preferred it without the egg whites (which my kid uses to make meringues). 

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/eggnog/

One of mine loves eggnog but is very picky about store brands. So far the best are from Trader Joe's and Wawa (a regional gas station/food place with great but pricey eggnog).

 

[gardenmom5]

Dairygold.

2ds was given consideration to move other elsewhere for employment.  That was one of his demands.  They had to have access to good eggnog.

[KungFuPanda]

I’m over her happily sipping my boughten egg nog, even though I grew up on the homemade stuff, and hoping I don’t get arrested. 🤣 I don’t even know what brand I got! It’s just SO yummy and it’s probably best that I only have it in December. 

[importswim]

13 hours ago, bibiche said:

Four Roses eggnog. Just don’t add in the alcohol. Make sure to beat the yolks until they’re fluffy and pale - you can do this with a bain marie. Warm egg yolks will give you more volume. This eggnog is so much better than anything you will find in a store. Kids love it, adults love it (spiked). I’m with the kids on this one, though, not being terribly keen on booze. Do a Google search and you’ll immediately find it.

If you don't use the 1 pt of Bourbon and the 1oz of rum what do you use in place of them? Milk?

[bibiche]

1 hour ago, importswim said:

If you don't use the 1 pt of Bourbon and the 1oz of rum what do you use in place of them? Milk?

I don’t thin it with anything, just remove some for the non-drinkers and add some booze to the rest. I don’t find it too thick, but one could always add milk or cream. It is very rich and delicious. 
 

I have tasted it with booze (adjusted for what remains) and find it way, way too strong. So if making the original recipe,  it wouldn’t be a bad idea to add the booze gradually and to taste until you get to the sweet spot.

[mlktwins]

Southern Comfort Egg Nog - Vanilla Spice !!!

Yummy!!!

[73349]

On 12/10/2021 at 11:33 AM, mlktwins said:

Southern Comfort Egg Nog - Vanilla Spice !!!

Yummy!!!

I can't find it listed marked specificallty gf, and it has mystery ingredients like "spice" and "natural flavor" that could be barley. Have you found on the manufacturer's website or packaging that it's definitely gf?

[ScoutTN]

I am going to try making egg nog with monk fruit or other alternative sweetener. And just a bit of bourbon! 
 

I’ll let y’all know how it turns out. 
 

@Carolina Wren I am diabetic and cannot have a traditional sugar and alcohol laden version. I do love egg nog though! 

Edited December 15, 2021 by ScoutTN

[73349]

@ScoutTN We don't include alcohol in ours. LMK how the monkfruit is for you (but we will probably do regular sugar).

[73349]

UPDATE: We used this recipe and liked it a lot.

1) Beat separately yolks and whites of 6 pasteurized eggs. (We used Davidson's, which are sold at Harris Teeter.)
2) Add 1/2 cup of sugar to yolks while beating.
3) Add 1/4 cup of sugar to whites after they have been beaten very stiff.
4) Mix egg whites with yolks.
5) Stir in 1 pint heavy cream, 1 pint whole milk, and 1 tsp. vanilla. Transfer to a large glass pitcher (~2 quart).
Serve cold, with ginger ale if desired. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg.

So if you want to drink eggnog at New Year's, I recommend this recipe.