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Kahlua Coffee

1 qt water
3 cups sugar
4 tbsp instant coffee
1 tbsp vanilla

Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour. Let cool and add vanilla and either a pint or fifth of vodka. Drink and enjoy.

Kahlua Coffee #2

4 cups water
4 cups sugar
2 oz instant coffee
1 vanilla bean
1 fifth bourbon whiskey

Simmer water, sugar, and coffee until the sugar dissolves. Put vanilla bean and bourbon in a gallon jug and add the coffee syrup you just prepared. Cover and let sit for a month.

Kahlua Coffee #4

4 cups boiling water
4 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean
2 oz instant coffee
1 fifth vodka

Mix 3 cups water with 4 cups sugar, bring to boil and boil for 20 minutes. Set aside, add 1 whole vanilla bean split. Let mixture cool. Add 2 oz instant coffee to 1 cup boiling water. Stir until dissolved. Set aside and cool. When above are cool (important) put into a half gallon container and add the vodka. Let age for at least 3 weeks.

Mexican Coffee Liqueur

2 cups water
1/4 cup instant coffee
3 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 split vanilla bean
2 3/4 cups vodka
3/4 cup brandy
1/4 tsp chocolate syrup
1 drop food coloring

1. Heat water in a medium saucepan. When hot, add coffee and stir until dissolved. Add sugar and vanilla bean, stirring well to combine. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Immediately reduce heat so that a very low boil is maintained for one minute. Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
2. Pour vodka and brandy into aging container. Add the cooled coffee mixture and the chocolate extract. Stir well. Cap and let age in a cool dark place for 3 weeks.
3. After initial aging, strain liqueur through a cloth-lined wire-mesh strainer over a large bowl. Repeat until desired clairity is reached. Stir in food coloring. Bottle, cap and let age an additional 1-3 months.

Egg Nog #4

6 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
ground nutmeg
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups milk
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup light rum
6 egg whites
1/2 cup bourbon whiskey
1/4 cup sugar

In a small mixer bowl beat egg yolks till blended. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating at high speed till thick and lemon colored. Stir in milk, stir in rum, bourbon, vanilla, and salt. Chill thoroughly. Whip cream. Wash beaters well. In a large mixer bowl beat egg whites till soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Fold yolk mixture and whipped cream into egg whites. Serve immediately. Sprinkle nutmeg over each serving. Serve in a punch bowl or another big bowl. NOTE: For a nonalcoholic eggnog, prepare Eggnog as above, except omit the bourbon and rum and increase the milk to 3 cups.

Egg-Nog - Classic Cooked

6 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 qt milk
1 tsp vanilla

In large saucepan, beat together eggs, sugar and salt, if desired. Stir in 2 cups of the milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon and reaches 160 degrees F. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining 2 cups milk and vanilla. Cover and regfigerate until thoroughly chilled, several hours or overnight. Just before serving, pour into bowl or pitcher. Garnish or add stir-ins, if desired. Choose 1 or several of: Chocolate curls, cinnamon sticks, extracts of flavorings, flavored brandy or liqueur, fruit juice or nectar, ground nutmeg, maraschino cherries, orange slices, peppermint sticks or candy canes, plain brandy, run or whiskey, sherbet or ice-cream, whipping cream, whipped. Serve immediately.

Egg Nog - Healthy

1/2 cup eggs
3 oz rum
3 tbsp sugar
nutmeg
13 oz skimmed condensed milk
3/4 cup skimmed milk
1 tsp vanilla

Whip egg substitute and sugar together, combine with the two kinds of milk, vanilla, and rum. Mix well. Chill over night. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 6 servings.

Tom and Jerry

24 eggs
1/2 jigger rum
2 lb powdered sugar
1/2 jigger brandy
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 oz vanilla

To make the batter: beat egg whites stiff with electric beator. Add sugar gradually. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Add in half of the eggs yolks, and blend until smooth.
In a large mug fill with 1/2 batter, 2 shots of [60% rum and 40% brandy]. Balance with boiling hot water. Stir well and sprinkle with nutmeg.