Hot Buttered Rum

3.56 from 9 votes

This hot buttered rum recipe is smooth, sweet, salty with a slight bite from the rum. The perfect treat on a cold winters day to warm you from the inside out.

Course Cocktail, Drink

Cuisine American

Keyword hot buttered rum, hot cocktail, winter cocktail

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 0

Total Time 5

Servings cocktail

Calories 223kcal

Author Julie & Debbie

Ingredients

FOR THE SPICED BUTTER

1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tbsp vanilla
1/2 tsp coarse salt

FOR THE COCKTAIL

2 oz dark rum or spiced rum
2 - 4 oz very hot water
1 tbsp spiced butter mixture

Instructions

COMPOUND BUTTER

Add all the spices and sugar to the soft butter and mix well. Pour or spoon the butter mixture into a container of some sort. (We like a mason jar) Store it in the fridge.

FOR THE COCKTAIL

Heat some water on the stove or in the microwave. Place 1 tbsp of the butter mixture in a mug along with the rum. Once the water is hot, pour it in with the rum and butter. Mix well.
You can drink it just like this or you can blend it up with a little handheld blender like we did. Either way is delicious!

Notes

If you dont want to go through the trouble of making the compound butter, you can just put a dollop of butter in a mug and sprinkle in a bit of each spice (go easy on the cloves) and then add the rum and the hot water.
Easy if you are just making one cup.

Here is Ernie's crockpot recipe:

Ingredients

Instructions

Place all the ingredients into a crock pot and steep on low for 2 - 6 hours. Serve and enjoy!

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