Would you like to make a flavorful cup of eggnog at home? Instead of purchasing the premade kind at the store, you can make eggnog at home with ease by using your Instant Pot. The Instant Pot makes it easier than ever before to create this classic holiday beverage that you can customize to your liking with assorted ingredients.
What Is Eggnog?
Eggnog is a creamy beverage commonly served during the holiday season. It consists of milk or heavy cream, sugar, assorted spices, and eggs. Not everyone makes their eggnog the same way, but will typically add similar ingredients to create this highly-rated drink. Some people even like to add alcohol to their eggnog to give it a bit of kick. When adding alcohol to eggnog, it is the perfect holiday treat for adults over the age of 21.
What Do You Use to Make Eggnog From Scratch?
When making the eggnog from scratch, you will need a few important ingredients to create this delicious beverage. If you do not want to use traditional cow’s milk, you can replace it with oat milk. Besides the milk, you should have vanilla extract, heavy cream, raw eggs, sugar, and cinnamon to use to prepare this fresh, homemade beverage. If you mix these ingredients together, you will have such a flavorful eggnog that tastes better than anything you could find in the store. Once you see how easy it is to make this beverage from scratch, you might wonder why you never gave it a try in the first place!
Ingredients Needed for Instant Pot Eggnog
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Whole milk
- Heavy cream
- Vanilla extract
- Nutmeg
- Salt
Equipment Needed for This Recipe
How Do You Make Eggnog in the Instant Pot?
Making eggnog in the Instant Pot is as easy as it gets. You can prepare the beverage for yourself and your loved ones in 15 minutes or less. You will blend your dairy ingredients together in a bowl and add to your Instant Pot, setting it to saute-mode. Once you notice that it starts thickening, you can remove it from the Instant Pot, set it off to the side, and add your cinnamon, nutmeg, and any other spices you would like to put in your eggnog. Serve it warm or place it in the fridge and wait for it to get cold before drinking it.
- Pour 5 cups of water into your instant pot. Turn on sauté mode. While you make your eggnog, your instant pot will have the opportunity to heat up. Place the trivet inside your Instant pot.
- In a large blender, blend your eggs for about 30 seconds.
- Add in your sugar to the blender. Blend well until fully incorporated for about 30 seconds.
- Add in the rest of your ingredients: whole milk, heavy cream, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and salt.
- Once all of the ingredients have been fully blended, pour into a large bowl that will fit inside your instant pot. Make sure to measure your bowl for the instant pot prior to pouring your eggnog mixture in.
- place your bowl inside of your instant pot on the trivet.
- pour the eggnog mixture into your bowl.
- As your eggnog starts to warm, make sure that you whisk often.
- Continue this process until your eggnog mixture reaches 155°. At 155°, press cancel on your instant pot, and select the warm setting. Continue to whisk on the warm setting until your eggnog reaches 160°. As soon as your eggnog reaches 160°, press cancel on your instant pot. Using a ladle, scoop out the instant pot mixture to a container that can be sealed (such as a bowl with a lid, or a mason jar).
- Let the eggnog sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature. Once it has reached room temperature, place in the fridge until it is cooled.
- Once completely
What Can You Add to the Eggnog For Extra Flavor?
If you want to give your eggnog some extra flavor, you can add several things to it, including whiskey, coffee, rum, chocolate syrup, or honey. If you want to give your eggnog a slight mint taste, you can add peppermint extract or peppermint schnapps to it. Try combining different ingredients to create different eggnog flavors that you and your loved ones will thoroughly enjoy.
Once you start making eggnog in your Instant Pot, you will never go back to purchasing it at the store again. You will love the fresh and wholesome taste of this beverage that you can enjoy both warm or cold. You might even want to start making homemade eggnog for friends and family when you have them visiting your home during the holiday season.
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Instant Pot Eggnog
Ingredients
- 6 Large Eggs
- 2/3 Cup Sugar
- 2 Cups Whole Milk
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
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Pour 5 cups of water into your instant pot. Turn on sauté mode. While you make your eggnog, your instant pot will have the opportunity to heat up. Place the trivet inside your Instant pot.
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In a large blender, blend your eggs for about 30 seconds.
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Add in your sugar to the blender. Blend well until fully incorporated for about 30 seconds.
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Add in the rest of your ingredients: whole milk, heavy cream, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and salt.
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Once all of the ingredients have been fully blended, pour into a large bowl that will fit inside your instant pot. Make sure to measure your bowl for the instant pot prior to pouring your eggnog mixture in.
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Place your bowl inside of your instant pot on the trivet.
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Pour the eggnog mixture into your bowl.
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As your eggnog starts to warm, make sure that you whisk often.
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Continue this process until your eggnog mixture reaches 155°. At 155°, press cancel on your instant pot, and select the warm setting. Continue to whisk on the warm setting until your eggnog reaches 160°. As soon as your eggnog reaches 160°, press cancel on your instant pot. Using a ladle, scoop out the instant pot mixture to a container that can be sealed (such as a bowl with a lid, or a mason jar).
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Let the eggnog sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature. Once it has reached room temperature, place in the fridge until it is cooled.
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Once completely cooled, pour into your favorite glass, top with whip cream, or nutmeg, or both!
