Tastes Like Vintage: Homemade Irish Cream 5

This week’s Tastes Like Vintage recipe is from Laurie, at MetroCottage.

This is a 30+ year old recipe for Homemade Irish Cream, similar to Bailey’s Irish Cream. It was given to me many years ago by a friend I’ve lost contact with, but I make a batch or two every year and think of Julia!

The recipe comes out to be about half the cost of the bottle of Bailey’s and I have yet to find anyone who could tell the difference, especially in coffee!!

Homemade “Irish Cream”

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 c. Brandy or Whiskey (I use E&J brandy, but you can use whiskey)
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk- 8 oz.
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• 1 Tbsp chocolate syrup
• 2 eggs- well beaten, then add to blender
• 1 pint heavy cream

DIRECTIONS:

1. Pour into blender in the order given in the ingredient list, except for the heavy cream.
2. Mix well.
3. Add cream last, in several batches.
4. Blend until well mixed. The blender glass will be full, so you may need to go a bit slower…..

Makes about 2 wine bottles full.
Refrigerate up to 2 weeks (but you’ll be lucky if it lasts that long! LOL)

I know the ingredients sound weird, but believe me you will love it! I usually bring it as my “hostess gift” to holiday parties and always bring a bottle to my Christmas Day celebration with my brother. We love it over ice, or with coffee.

Here are some vintage items you could use to serve this recipe:

This set of highball glasses from CobblestoneVintage make perfect serving glasses.

An elegant serving glass from WhimzyThyme

Make it a party with this pitcher and glass set from 1006Osage

Contributed by Laurie, MetroCottage

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