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Hot Buttered Rum

Name: Hot Buttered Rum
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: ½ cup Light brown sugar, packed; 4 tablespoons Unsalted butter, softened; ¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon Ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg; 1 ½ cups Dark or spiced rum; 4 ½ cups Boiling water; to taste Cinnamon sticks and/or orange slices

Brown sugar butter batter meets hot rum.

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Prep10 min

Cook5 min

Serves6

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The batter is the whole recipe: brown sugar, butter, and warm spices mashed into a paste that melts into hot water and rum. Make it once and it keeps in the fridge for a week of mugs.

Ingredients

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6 servings or type

½ cup Light brown sugar, packed

4 tablespoons Unsalted butter, softened

¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon Ground cloves

¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg

1 ½ cups Dark or spiced rum

4 ½ cups Boiling water

to taste Cinnamon sticks and/or orange slices

Steps

Mash the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg with a fork into a smooth paste. Makes about 9 tablespoons of batter.
Into each of 6 mugs, add 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter and 2 to 4 tablespoons of rum. Pour in 3/4 cup boiling water per mug and stir until the sugar dissolves.
Garnish with cinnamon sticks or orange slices studded with cloves.

Tip: The batter keeps covered in the fridge for a week. Bring it to room temperature before using so it melts cleanly.

Hot Buttered Rum

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