{"id":10296,"date":"2012-12-31T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=10296"},"modified":"2018-12-12T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:50:18","slug":"hot-egg-nog-batter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/hot-egg-nog-batter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Egg Nog Batter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes known as Holiday Batter or Tom and Jerry Batter, this hot drink hits the spot for me on cold winter evenings.<\/strong> \u00a0It is a recipe given to me by my mother-in-law. \u00a0I like it mixed with half water and half milk, sprinkled with some nutmeg, which makes it lighter than traditional egg nog. \u00a0My husband sometimes puts it in his coffee or tea. \u00a0A splash of brandy, or the like, is also a recommendation.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n

6 large eggs<\/p>\n

2 pounds powdered sugar<\/p>\n

(milk, nutmeg, water, brandy, etc, are not added to the batter, but with each individual cup that is made)<\/p>\n

Preparing the batter:<\/span><\/p>\n

Separate the eggs<\/em>, putting the whites in one bowl and the yolks in another.<\/p>\n

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Beat the egg whites<\/em> until they are stiff, then gradually add one pound of the powdered sugar.<\/em>\u00a0 This worked fine with the whisk attachment on my old Kitchen Aid mixer.
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Beat the egg yolks<\/em> until they are creamy, then add the other pound of powdered sugar<\/em> to them. \u00a0I found that adding about half of this last pound of powdered sugar to the yolks worked well with the whisk attachment, but then I needed to switch to the paddle attachment.<\/p>\n

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Mix the two egg-sugar combinations together.<\/em> \u00a0The egg yolks with sugar are pretty sticky, so I found it necessary to use a spatula to loosen them from the bottom of the bowl before they would mix with the egg white mixture. \u00a0I also needed turn off the mixer and do it 3-4 times during the mixing process. \u00a0Still, it only took me about 3 minutes.<\/p>\n

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adding egg mixtures together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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4 pints of holiday batter, or hot egg nog starter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The batter will store in the refrigerator for a few weeks. \u00a0It does separate some, but is easy to mix with a spoon right before using.<\/p>\n

To prepare a mug of warm holiday drink:<\/span><\/p>\n

Put 1-2 tablespoons of batter in the bottom of a mug.<\/p>\n

Add about half a mug’s worth of water.<\/p>\n

Stir until dissolved.<\/p>\n

Add milk to fill the mug.<\/p>\n

Reheat to desired temperature in microwave, if you haven’t used heated milk.<\/p>\n

Sprinkle with nutmeg.<\/p>\n

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experiment to see how much you like<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ready to relax with my non-caffeinated, non-heavy, but warm drink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It is a fun version of that cup of warm milk before bed.<\/strong> \u00a0All the possible variations make it a drink the whole family can enjoy together. \u00a0It is relatively inexpensive to make one batch and, with only needing 1-2 tablespoons per serving, it goes a long way towards helping to celebrate the festive season.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sometimes known as Holiday Batter or Tom and Jerry Batter, this hot drink hits the spot for me on cold winter evenings. \u00a0It is a recipe given to me by my mother-in-law. \u00a0I like it mixed with half water and half milk, sprinkled with some nutmeg, which makes it lighter than traditional egg nog. \u00a0My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}