Recipes from www.fortheloveofcooking.net

Makes 1 loaf
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

1½ cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
⅛ tsp. ground cloves
¾ cup eggnog
½ cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs, beaten
1½ tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat an 8½ by 4½ inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Combine the flour with the sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggnog, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla until well combined.

Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; stir until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Tap the pan on the counter to be sure the batter is evenly set in the pan. Bake for about 65-75 minutes.

Remove from the oven, let cool on a wire rack for a 10-15 minutes, then loosen the bread from the pan with a butter knife. Let the bread cool directly on the wire rack. Once completely cooled, make the glaze by combining the powdered sugar with the eggnog, vanilla and nutmeg; mix well.

Place some parchment paper underneath the wire cooling rack holding the bread. Drizzle the glaze back and forth over the bread. Slice and serve with a glass of eggnog.

Eggnog glaze

1 cup powdered sugar
3 tbsp. eggnog
½ tsp. vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg

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Sarah Bains