Recipe: Frosted Eggnog Bread

Picture mine without icing. Image found here.

So with the leftover eggnog I have (read about that in my previous blog post), I tried another baking recipe to use some of it up. This time, I baked a loaf of frosted eggnog bread courtesy of the Inside Bru Crew Life blog. Dessert breads, like banana breads, are very easy to make. You just throw everything together in a bowl, pour the mixture into a loaf pan, and bake it! So I figured I'd try it.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE BREAD

·      ½ cup butter, softened

·      ½ cup sugar

·      ½ cup brown sugar

·      1 teaspoon rum extract

·      1 egg

·      2 cups flour

·      1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

·      ½ teaspoon baking soda

·      1 teaspoon salt

·      1 teaspoon nutmeg

·      1 cup eggnog

FOR THE GLAZE

·      1 cup powdered sugar

·      2 Tablespoons eggnog

·      pinch of nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

1.   Preheat oven to 350°degrees. Spray an 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch bread pan with nonstick spray.

2.   Beat the butter and sugars until combined. Add the extract and egg and beat again until creamy.

3.   Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.

4.   Slowly add the flour mixture alternately with the eggnog into the butter mixture until everything has been combined.

5.   Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 58-60 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

6.   Stir together the powdered sugar and remaining eggnog until a thick frosting comes together.

7.   Spread it over the top of the cooled bread. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Let set. Store in a loosely sealed container on the counter.

Since my eggnog already has alcohol in it, I didn't add the rum extract; it would already taste boozy enough! And I tried the bread first without any frosting. I thought that if it tasted good like that, why bother making the glaze? And it was delicious! It wasn't dry, unlike the eggnog cookies I made recently. So if you like icing, go for it, but otherwise, save yourself some time and just make the bread. Delish!