Chef John's Hot Buttered Rum
Prep Time: 15 min
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