Eggnog for the family

Make a non-alcoholic family friendly eggnog this Christmas, and learn about science and mixtures in this quick and easy festive recipe.

Learn some amazing scientific facts while making this delicious, creamy Christmas treat - the magic of science is real-life fun!

More recently, non-acholic eggnog has become a staple of Christmas celebrations, with Americans drinking over 58 million kilograms each year and Christmas Eve now being named National Eggnog Day.

Ingredients needed:

500ml whole milk (swap for unsweetened almond milk if dairy-free or vegan)
200g caster sugar
100ml double cream (swap for full-fat coconut milk if dairy-free or vegan)
100ml water
4 egg yolks (swap for vegan vanilla pudding mix if vegan)
1 teaspoon vanilla paste (remove this ingredient if you are following the vegan recipe)
Ice

The engineering context

Baking is engineering. It is using science, maths and technology skills to engineer and create solutions and new tasty products. Engineers need all these skills – precision in weighing out ingredients, the safety required in the kitchen and product design and quality engineering to test, taste and improve with each delicious creation!

Download the free recipe and template!

All activity sheets and supporting resources are free to download, and all the documents are fully editable, so you can tailor them to your students’ and your schools’ needs.

The activity sheet includes teacher notes, guidance, useful web links, and links (where appropriate) to the national curriculum in each of the four devolved UK nations; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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