Making a batch of this tasty holiday libation will put your child’s understanding of measurements and following step-by-step instructions to the test. Translated, eggnog means, “egg inside a cup,” and its origins are debated. However, it probably comes from a British drink called posset. Posset was made of eggs, hot milk and wine or other spirits.
What You Need:
❑ 6 eggs ❑ 1 pint whole milk
❑ 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract
❑ 1 tsp. cinnamon ❑ ½ tsp. nutmeg
❑ 1 cup heavy whipping cream
❑ ½ cup confectioner’s sugar
❑ 1 small and 1 large mixing bowl
❑ Blender ❑ Chilled glass
❑ Measuring spoons and cup
What You Do:
- Make sure your child is in charge of finding all of the necessary ingredients to make this recipe, including identifying the correct measuring spoons and cups. Help your younger child if he is not familiar with some of the abbreviations such as “tsp.”
- In a large mixing bowl, make your child beat the eggs.
- To that, add the milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside. Before moving on to the next step, ask your child about the various measurements he used and see if he can relate them to one another. For example, does he know how many cups are in a pint, or how many pints are in a quart?
- In a large mixing bowl, have your child pour in the heavy cream and confectioner’s sugar and beat until soft peaks form.
- Fold the cream into the egg mixture.
- Pour into a chilled glass and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Enjoy!
Do you know?
Eggnog became popular in England during the early 1800’s, mostly among the upper classes because the ingredients, particularly milk, were too expensive and hard to come by among the lower classes. Many adults mixed it with alcohol to give it an extra kick. In the United States, mainly dairy farmers and people who owned cows enjoyed eggnog. The first President of the USA, George Washington, is said to have been a fan of eggnog.
