Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Buttered Rum is a classic cocktail made with butter, brown sugar, and spices, mixed with rum and hot water for a drink that will warm you up on cold, winter days.I can imagine enjoying the drink around a fire, in my flannels.For even more flavor, add hot apple cider instead of hot water.

Hot Buttered Rum Hot Buttered Rum is an alcoholic beverage that has been around for hundreds of years.It is a hot drink perfect for the chilly and downright cold days of winter.In fact, January 17 is National Hot Buttered Rum Day.

This makes total sense around here since we can get to -30°F in January! (I’m cold just thinking about it.) Ingredients & Substitutions Butter: This recipe calls for 2 sticks of unsalted butter.And, with butter being one of the stars of the recipe, I chose to use unsalted Challenge Butter.Challenge Butter is made the old-fashioned way, churned fresh daily from the freshest milk and cream from happy cows at family-owned dairies since 1911.

It’s my go-to for all things butter, from my Buttery Bubble Bread to my Kentucky Butter Crunch Cake and Chocolate Ganache made with Butter, just to name a few! Spices: Grab cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to spice up the butter mixture.Rum: We loved the flavor of spiced rum in this drink.Dark rum would also work well.

Or, make the drink with bourbon or whiskey.Water: The water added to the drink should be hot, but not boiling.You could substitute apple cider for the water if preferred.