Hot Buttered Apple Rum

A warm spiced beverage to share with friends on a cold winter night.

Ingredients

8 cups apple cider

1/3 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY

3 cinnamon sticks

1 teaspoon whole cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

peel of one lemon, cut into strips

1 1/2 cups rum

butter

Honey Tips

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Directions

In a large pot heat apple cider, honey, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice and lemon peel. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Carefully pour hot liquid through a fine sieve, removing spices and lemon peel. Return liquid to pot and stir in rum. 

To serve, ladle warm drink into cups.
Top each with about ½ teaspoon of butter.


Yields: approximately 10 cups