A hot buttered rum is a warm alcoholic beverage made with dark rum, butter, sugar, and cloves mixed with hot water.

Ingredients:

• 2 quarts hot water (1890 millilitres)
• 2 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 sticks cinnamon
• 7 whole cloves
• 1/5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups rum
• heavy cream -- whipped
• ground nutmeg -- for topping

Makes 3.4L

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients, except cream, rum and nutmeg into crockpot.
2. Stir well.
3. Cover pot and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
4. Add rum; stir to blend.
5. Serve from pot in warm mugs with a scoop of whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.