Classic Cooked Eggnog

Total Time: 24 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 quart milk, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 in large saucepan, beat together eggs, sugar and salt, if desired.
• 2 stir in 2 cups of the milk.
• 3 cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon with a thin film and reaches at least 160°f.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 stir in remaining 2 cups milk and vanilla.
• 6 cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, several hours or overnight.
• 7 just before serving, pour into bowl or pitcher.
• 8 garnish or add stir-ins, if desired.
• 9 serve immediately.
• 10 *forfaster preparation heat milk until very warm before stirring milk into eggs and sugar.
• 11 microwave: in 2-quart liquid measure or bowl, beat together eggs, sugar and salt, if desired, until thoroughly blended.
• 12 set aside.
• 13 in l-quart liquid measure or bowl, cook 2 cups of the milk on full power until bubbles form at edges, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• 14 stir into egg mixture.
• 15 cook on 50% power until mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon with a thin film and reaches at least 160°f, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• 16 stir in remaining 2 cups milk and vanilla.
• 17 continue as above.