Celtic Homemade Hot Buttered Rum

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup vanilla ice cream, softened
• 9 fluid ounces rum (to taste)
• boiling water

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, beat butter together with brown sugar, powdered sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• 2 beat in the softened ice cream.
• 3 pour the ice cream mixture into a freezer-proof container, seal, and freeze.
• 4 when ready to serve, put about 1/3 cup of the ice cream mixture into individual mugs.
• 5 add 1 jigger of rum and 1/2 cup boiling water to each.
• 6 stir well and serve. add whipped cream if you like.
• 7 variation: place 2 jiggers of dark rum, a twist of lemon peel, and a cinnamon stick in an ale mug. fill with boiling hard cider, add a pat of butter, and stir with a cinnamon stick.