Hi, I'm Becky Striepe from Glue & Glitter
and today we are going to make my super delicious,
super decadent vegan eggnog.
Before we get to the recipe, I do want to address a question
that I anticipate you're going to have
which is, "How you can you even call this eggnog
if there's no egg in it?"
That's a great question.
Traditional eggnog is a creamy drink
with nutmeg and cinnamon, and it's thickened with egg.
Obviously, vegan eggnog doesn't have any eggs in it
but it does have that same rich creaminess.
It has the same notes of vanilla and cinnamon and nutmeg
and so think of me calling this "eggnog"
as sort of a shorthand
to kind of let you know what's in the glass.
The first thing that you're going to add to your pan
is a can of full fat coconut milk.
When I call for coconut milk in this part of the recipe,
I'm talking about the kind, not the drinking kind,
but the canned kind that you'd use for making like a curry.
I also recommend not using light coconut milk
in this recipe.
The coconut milk really does the heavy lifting
as far as thickening the finished drink.
Like I mentioned, traditional eggnog has cream in it,
it has egg in it to thicken it up.
The coconut milk is substituting for all of that
in terms of texture.
So treat yourself and use a can of full fat coconut milk
for this recipe.
Before you add the coconut milk to the pan,
you do want to give it a nice vigorous shake.
Shaking the can helps combine the solids and liquids
in the coconut milk.
If you've ever opened a can that's not shaken,
you'll notice that the liquid is at the top
and the solids are at the bottom.
So if you give it a nice good shake before you add it,
you're combining everything really well
before it hits the pan,
you'll have a lot less whisking to do down the road.
You'll be glad.
The next thing you're adding to the pan
is a vegan milk of your choice,
not to be confused with the coconut milk that we just added.
This time I'm talking about the boxed milk
that comes in cartons in the refrigerator section.
I'm using oat milk in this recipe
but you could use soy or almond.
You could even use boxed coconut milk,
the kind that I just said not to use.
You can use it for the second milk in this recipe.
I hope that's not confusing.
Now it's time to add your sweeteners.
In this recipe, I'm using a combination of maple syrup
and organic sugar.
I really like the flavor that this brings to the drink
but if you have a sweetener that you prefer to use,
feel free to sweeten to taste with anything you like.
You could use all sugar, all maple syrup, use agave nectar.
If stevia is your thing, use that instead.
Just make sure that you get it sweetened to your taste.
You can always start with a little
and add more sweetener at the end
if you are gonna deviate from the written recipe.
All right, now it's time to spice things up.
Start by adding one teaspoon of nutmeg to the pan,
a half teaspoon of ground cinnamon
and then a full tablespoon of vanilla extract.
Now that you've added all of your spices
and sweeteners to the pan, it's time to turn the stove on.
Then it's time to grab your whisk.
Whisking is the most important part of this recipe.
As you could see when we added the spices to the pan,
they just kinda floated on top of the liquid.
That's totally normal.
Whisking is what's going to help incorporate those powders
into the liquid.
So as you're heating, you don't have to whisk constantly
for the whole 10 minutes
but you do wanna frequently get in there with the whisk.
You'll see that you'll be whisking
and you'll stop and things will look good
and then you walk away and come back
and spices have floated to the top again.
So just do a couple of minutes of whisking,
go do something else for a minute, and then come back to it
and don't give up.
You can use a fork to do the whisking
but an actual whisk is going to be more efficient.
It's really up to you how you wanna go about it.
Now that you've heated your eggnog through
and you've whisked the spices in
so they're pretty well incorporated, you're ready to serve.
You can either serve this with or without a splash of booze.
If you are gonna go the boozy route,
I'd recommend rum or whiskey or bourbon.
If you're going to do booze, just add that to your mug first
and then ladle the eggnog on top of it.
If you're not using alcohol,
just ladle that eggnog straight into your mug
and you're ready to drink.
I hope that this video has answered all of your questions
about how to make vegan eggnog.
If you have any questions
that I didn't answer in this video,
feel free to drop them below.
I'm happy to help. And don't forget to rate and subscribe.
Happy cooking!