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Eggnog Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine — 60 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This is a wonderful, comforting recipe and it fills the kitchen with aromas of Christmas when toasted. I made it for gifts at Christmas and everyone enjoyed it. I can’t possibly wait 12 months for eggnog to come back to the stores, so I plan to try the Anytime recipe.
    Thank you so much for providing a backup recipe.

  2. I make this recipe year round. When Eggnog is not available I use buttermilk. I also zest of an orange instead of cinnamon

  3. This sounds wonderful and I’m eager to try it with dried cherries. But I have a question about the cinnamon. Obviously you’ve made the bread and it turned out fine, but I’ve always heard that cinnamon prevents yeast from rising. I guess I need reassurance that this isn’t true!
    Thanks for all the great recipes.

    • Great question. Cinnamon can prohibit yeast growth. However, it doesn’t totally kill the yeast. It’s all a question of balancing the ingredients. This recipe has turned out for me every time I’ve made it. 🙂

      • Thanks for your answer. I’ve made four loaves with a variety of dried fruits and nuts. I’ve just gotten more eggnog, so more loaves are on the way. It’s a great recipe!

  4. I had to make it.
    My last carton of eggnog for the season.
    After this, I have to make your non-eggnog eggnog bread.

    I usually put butter or preserves on it.
    I have to try your idea of cream cheese.

  5. What ki did bread machine is the best. I have to buy a new one? Mine has stopped backing. Hamilton Beach
    Machine and not that old.

  6. I realize this site is devoted to bread-machine baking; however, can this eggnog bread be made the old-fashioned way (combo of KitchenAid mixer and hand kneading)?

  7. For folks who want to make this when eggnog is out of season:

    When I was a child… (Shoot I promised myself I would never say that.)

    Anyway when I was a lot less old we had an eggnog flavoring we added to milk. Came in granule form. Can’t for the life of me remember the brand name but you want to check your grocery store wherever they stock the Nestle Quik stuff to see if it’s still around.

    Failing that there are lots of eggnog flavor extracts today you can find online. Loran is a good brand.

    You will have to figure out how to do the substitution. If anyone tries it do report how it works!

  8. One more question…I usually let my Zo mix the dough and then bake in the oven. I am assuming that would work with this recipe also.

  9. I’ve lately been having a lot of luck using instant yeast and setting my Zo to the ‘quick’ cycle (light crust). Do you think this would work with this recipe?

  10. Finally found some Silk Soy Eggnog and gave this a go this past weekend. I think I erred on the side of stupidity as I added a bit of Vital Gluten (doubt it needs it frankly!) and the loaf came out a bit poofy on one side. 🙁 BUT that was my error and won’t do it again. However, as for the recipe and the bread itself: FABULOUS DAHLING! The craisens added just the punch for this bread as the Soy ‘nog is not as heavy or as heady as regular eggnog would be. I put in a pinch of nutmeg as well as the cinnamon. I used some of KAF’s dried Baker’s milk and a bit of filtered water for the “milk”. This is certainly a do-again as often as possible bread recipe! Thanks, Marsha!

  11. Long story short :: after years of having my bread maker in the garage I told hubby to find it for me cause I wanted to give it another go. Glad I did but now I need recipes. Found your site yesterday and first one I saw was the Egg Nog recipe. My boys LOVE Egg Nog. Going to give this a whirl today. Wondering something though. Since they love the flavor of egg nog so much can I put ALL egg nog instead of egg nog/milk mix? Does the 1/2 C milk make a difference in texture or how the bread turns out? Really want a strong egg nog flavor.

    • Hi Diana, Thanks for writing and I’m so glad you found this site! What I’ve discovered is that the eggnog flavor depends a lot on the eggnog that you use. I’d start with the recipe as stated and then adjust on your second loaf.

      • Oh one more quick question that I just thought of while getting out ingredients. Do I add the cranberries after the beep or ok to add at beginning? Since they are dried I assume all at once but since I am also so new to bread machine bread making I don’t want to goof it all up lol.

        • Hi Diana, I’m making a loaf of this myself right now. 🙂 I’m making this batch with raisins and I put them in at the very beginning. The instructions with the Zo say that dried fruit should go in at the add beep, but I haven’t had good luck with that. I’m also going to try it with the medium setting this time. The last loaf I made using the light crust setting looked like it could have cooked for a few more minutes. This is a newer model of Zo and I’m wondering if that was the reason.

  12. The recipe for egg nog bread looks like it wld. be sturdy loaf, however if i use egg not that has alcohol in it will it change the texture, also can i use fresh cranberries? thanx

  13. I have never thought about combining these two ingredients. I LOVE eggnog and I love bread but never thought about eggnog bread. I dont have a bread maker but I might order one just to try this concoction out!

  14. This was delicious! I made one with some leftover eggnog, and immediately made a second loaf for an elderly neighbor. So glad I found it.

  15. We make a home made eggnog, would that work in this recipe or should I get some store bought to make sure? The homemade one is a little thinner then the store bought

    • Home made eggnog? Yum!! I’d give it a try with your home made. I’ve noticed that the bread has a slightly different taste and consistency depending on what brand of eggnog I buy. They’re all good, but I like some better than others. There’s no way to know until you try though.

  16. Sounds delish! Did you add all purpose flour or bread flour? And i have an older bread machine not sure which order to add the ingredients but this looks about right. Curious on the flour though….

    • Tiffany, It’s really, really good. I hope you like it. And thanks for the question about the flour. I used bread flour. I’ve updated the recipe because I’m sure you’re not the only one to wonder about that.

  17. This is amazing! I made it this morning and it did not disappoint. I did slightly warm the eggnog and milk as my bread machine does not produce well if the liquid ingredients are cold. I will definitely make this a few times during the holidays, may even try to add in some wheat flour while I am at it.

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