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Hot Buttered Rum

Name: Hot Buttered Rum
Prep time: 4 min 59 s
Cook time: 9 min 59 s
Total time: 14 min 59 s
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 3/4 cup boiling water; 1/4 cup (2 ounces) dark rum; 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature; freshly grated nutmeg

December 3, 2020

A classic winter cocktail

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Brave the cold weather with this warm cocktail in your system. This classic holiday drink is perfect to enjoy when you're under some warm blankets and snowed inside your home.

This recipe is by William Rice and was originally published in the Chicago Tribune.

Ready in

15 m

5 m

(prepare time)

10 m

(cook time)

Servings

Notes

For variation, substitute hot milk for the water and/or bourbon for the rum.

Ingredients

1 Teaspoon brown sugar
3/4 Cups boiling water
1/4 Cup (2 ounces) dark rum
1 Tablespoon butter, at room temperature
Freshly grated nutmeg

Directions

Combine sugar and water in a warmed mug.

Stir in rum, then float butter atop and sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.