Old-Fashioned Hot Buttered Rum

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 300 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This is a genuine old-fashioned hot buttered rum recipe, except you use a slow cooker to simmer it. You’ll think you are drinking a cinnamon roll.

Ingredients

2 quarts hot water
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 pinch salt
6 whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
2 cups rum
1 cup sweetened whipped cream
ground nutmeg to taste

Directions

1 Combine hot water, brown sugar, butter, and salt in a 5-quart slow cooker; add cloves and cinnamon sticks.
2 Cover slow cooker. Cook on Low for 5 hours. Stir in rum.
3 Ladle buttered rum into mugs. Top with whipped cream; sprinkle with nutmeg.