Hot Buttered Rum

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Learn how to make the best hot buttered rum with this easy recipe. You will make a butter batter from butter, sugar, and spices, that serves as a base for the drink with rum and boiling water.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Janice Lawandi

Ingredients

For butter batter

115 grams unsalted butter softened
100 grams light brown sugar
5 mL ground cinnamon
1.25 mL ground nutmeg
1.25 mL ground allspice
0.625 mL ground cloves

For each hot buttered rum serving

45 mL spiced or dark rum more or less depending on how strong a drink you would like
23 grams butter batter recipe above
300 mL boiling water more or less depending on the size of the mug
1 cinnamon stick(s)
ground nutmeg
15 mL pure maple syrup optional, if you like a sweeter drink

Metric - US

Instructions

First, prepare the butter batter. Cream together all the ingredients for the butter batter. Roll into a log and wrap tightly in plastic wrap or parchment paper. Store it in the fridge.
For every serving of hot buttered rum, in the bottom of a heat-proof glass or mug, add spiced rum and a piece of butter batter (~20–30 grams). Fill halfway with boiling water and stir vigorously with the cinnamon stick to melt the butter and dissolve the sugars. When everything is melted and well stirred, top with more boiling water. Adjust the sweetness with a splash of maple syrup. Sprinkle with freshly grated nutmeg and enjoy.

Notes

Use light or dark brown sugar, or for a more flavourful butter batter, consider using maple or muscovado sugar.
You can try different combinations of warm spices in the butter batter, but I prefer mostly cinnamon with a little allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. A pumpkin spice mix or apple pie spice mix could work here instead!
The classic hot buttered rum drink is made with spiced or dark rum. You can get creative and try a completely different liqueur, like brandy or cognac, or even a sweet liqueur, like Kahlua or Amaretto.
The simplest garnish for this drink is a cinnamon stick, which you can use to stir and decorate it. For a dessert drink, you can top the beverage with whipped cream or even a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This will melt, creating a creamier dessert beverage.

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