healthy and delicious. There isn’t enough of it for us.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 drinks |
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 pinch salt
- 6 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 ⅛ cups dark rum
- 4 ½ cups boiling water, or as needed
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste
Instructions
- Place butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, and salt for batter into a mixing bowl and cream together with a spatula until well combined.
- To make the drink, place about 2 tablespoons of the batter into a festive, heat-proof mug. Add 1 tablespoon cream, 3 tablespoons rum, and fill halfway up with some of the boiling water. Stir with a spoon until the batter dissolves and top off more water. Garnish with a pinch of nutmeg. Repeat until all 6 drinks are prepared and serve immediately.
- Batter can be used immediately or rolled into a log in plastic wrap and refrigerated until needed.
- If you’d prefer to use white rum, go ahead.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 356 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 45 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
One of my favorite drinks for cold days, and here in Washington, we get a lot of cold days.
This is an excellent recipe. So tasty! A perfect drink for a cold winter evening. Thanks, Chef John!
Followed the recipe to the letter and I have to say it was ridiculously good. Could not ask for more!
Mmmm, smooth & comforting & easy to make. you’ll definitely want to, at a minimum, double the batch.
….omgosh….. This is thee best warm Christmas drink. I, again, made it exactly as written and videoed and It. Is. Amazing. Thank you again, CJ for yet another excellent recipe. I am keeping the butter batter in my fridge all pandemic winter….it really helps on those cold dreary winter days….evoking all kinds of relaxation.
Delicious! Can’t believe I’ve been without hot buttered rum so long in my life. I left out the clubs because I don’t like them
We jokingly call this hot ruddered bum now – thanks Chef John! This is really tasty, but I worry about drinking butter because of the richness …however, if I stick to one of these, it’s OK . I am, afterall, the Queen Mum of my ruddered bum!
So so good! Adjusted the spices a little bit but you could put anything in it and the combo of spices + butter + heavy cream + rum would be delicious.
This was perfect! Not too sweet but just right. Caution, have only one while baking Christmas cookies.
This is really good and so easy to make and enjoy… Thank you, chef John, love my winter nights now….
Made the recipe with one change (I can’t eat dairy – so no heavy cream), had to grind my own cloves and cardamom (green is the variety that I had on hand) Very simple, very tasty, not overly sweet, not too much alcohol. Definitely wrapping an refrigerating the leftover batter. We’ll have many more cold winter nights.
Oh. This was SO good. I’m anxiously awaiting the next snow storm, immediately after which I will bundle up and sit on my deck, surrounded by the quiet of heavy snow and kept cozy by the boozy heat of this heavenly beverage.
Wonderful flavor and texture! Reminds me a of a chai latte, but smoother.
Wow! Super-simple to make and very delicious. And because the “batter” goes a long way, it’s easy to keep some on hand for use at a later date.
This was quick to make and way tastier than the effort I put into it! That means it’s perfect!