Brennan’s Brandy Milk Punch

Name: Brennan's Brandy Milk Punch
Prep time: PT0D0H5M
Cook time: PT0D0H0M
Total time: PT0D0H5M
Yield: Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 4 oz. half & half; 2 oz. Napoleon brandy; 1 oz. simple syrup; 1½ tsp. vanilla extract; Freshly grated nutmeg

This creamy, nutmeg-spiked cocktail from the New Orleans institution is a boozy dessert in a glass.

Serves
Makes 1 cocktail
Prep
5 minutes

PHOTO: MATT TAYLOR-GROSS • FOOD STYLING: JESSIE YUCHEN

By SAVEUR Editors

Updated on December 11, 2023

Along with the bloody mary, this creamy brandy milk punch is a New Orleans brunch mainstay (and one of our favorite holiday tipples). It features an aromatic aged brandy named after Napoleon Bonaparte, but any good-quality brandy or cognac will do.

Featured in “New Orleans,” by Lolis Eric Elie.

Ingredients

4 oz. half & half
2 oz. Napoleon brandy
1 oz. simple syrup
1½ tsp. vanilla extract
Freshly grated nutmeg

Instructions

Step 1

In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, vigorously shake the half & half, brandy, simple syrup, and vanilla until chilled. Pour into an ice-filled old fashioned glass and garnish with nutmeg.