Hot Buttered Rum
There are many ways to make this classic winter drink. Using brown sugar is traditional, but maple syrup is awfully nice, too. Stirring in the butter with a cinnamon stick while you slowly sip the drink makes for a cozy ritual, but if the sight of a floating lump of butter disturbs you, add the butter earlier in the process, with the sugar—it’ll melt faster. You can also make the drink sweeter (add more sugar) or spicier (substitute spiced rum for dark rum), or both, to your taste.
- Total:
- Serves: 1 person
Ingredients
- ¾cup/6 ounces very hot water (just off the boil)
- 1teaspoon dark brown sugar (or maple syrup)
- ¼cup/2 ounces dark rum
- 1 ½teaspoons unsalted butter
- 1cinnamon stick
Instructions
Step 1
In a mug or heat-proof glass, stir 1/4 cup of the very hot water with the dark brown sugar until the sugar dissolves. Add the rum. Fill the glass with the remaining hot water.Step 2
Float the pat of butter on top and stir it into the drink using the cinnamon stick.