RECIPES THAT TURN ORDINARY DAYS INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL AND THEN SOME.We all know about egg nog and how good it is and how much fun it is to buy and have around during the Holiday season, but we also know how fattening it is and how dangerous it is to have it sitting in the fridge just waiting for someone to come along and drink it all up. This is why I decided that it was better to make use of the egg nog in some other way than having it around as a temptation to keep sneaking a drink of it each time I opened up the fridge and saw it sitting there just waiting there. As it turns out, there are lots of different ways of using up egg nog and these recipes are only a few. You can get very creative and come up with lots of different ways of your own or just use these recipes which I must say turned out better than I expected. The first is a cake, as you can see, and the second is a quick bread that is very flavorful, versatile and easy to make, to boot. So let's get the egg nog out of the fridge and use it for something besides adding on the pounds. The first is EGG NOG CAKE:
1 white cake mix
3 eggs
1 C. egg nog
2 tsp. fresh grated nutmeg
(Notice no oil or melted butter. It doesn't need it.)
1. Start with the mix in a large mixer bowl.
2. Add the egg nog and the eggs.
3. Grate the nutmeg (of course you can use regular nutmeg, but fresh grated is better). Add to the batter.
4. Spray one of your fancy bundt cake pans with Pam Baking.
4. Pour in the batter and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 40 minutes or until it looks golden brown on top and springs back when you touch it.
5. Remove it from the pan onto a round plate. Allow it to cool for about 20 minutes.
6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with a fake snowflake, just to look pretty. Serves 8-10. Enjoy!
This next recipe is from "scratch" and not a mix, but it's practically fool-proof so don't be intimidated by it. You don't even need to use a mixer to make it, and it turns out great, anyway.
1. Mix the sugar, butter and eggs together well with a wire whip.
2. Stir in the flour and other dry ingredients.
3. Add the egg nog
4. Chop up some pecans and add them to the batter.
4. Stir it all together well. Spray a loaf pan with Pam Baking. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
5. Spoon the batter into the bread pan. Bake for approximately one hour or until it tests done with a toothpick.
6. Cut into slices and serve warm with butter or softened cream cheese. Delicious! Serves 6-8. Enjoy!
1. Start with the mix in a large mixer bowl.
2. Add the egg nog and the eggs.
3. Grate the nutmeg (of course you can use regular nutmeg, but fresh grated is better). Add to the batter.
4. Spray one of your fancy bundt cake pans with Pam Baking. 
4. Pour in the batter and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 40 minutes or until it looks golden brown on top and springs back when you touch it.
5. Remove it from the pan onto a round plate. Allow it to cool for about 20 minutes.
6. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with a fake snowflake, just to look pretty. Serves 8-10. Enjoy!EGG NOG PECAN QUICK BREAD
This next recipe is from "scratch" and not a mix, but it's practically fool-proof so don't be intimidated by it. You don't even need to use a mixer to make it, and it turns out great, anyway.1/2 C. softened butter
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. soda
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C. flour
1 C. egg nog
1/2 C. chopped pecans
Optional: 1 C. mini chocolate chips
1. Mix the sugar, butter and eggs together well with a wire whip.
2. Stir in the flour and other dry ingredients.
3. Add the egg nog
4. Chop up some pecans and add them to the batter.
4. Stir it all together well. Spray a loaf pan with Pam Baking. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
5. Spoon the batter into the bread pan. Bake for approximately one hour or until it tests done with a toothpick.
6. Cut into slices and serve warm with butter or softened cream cheese. Delicious! Serves 6-8. Enjoy!
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