Hot Buttered Rum

• 1 lb brown sugar
• ½ lb salted butter, softened
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• Dark rum
• Boiling water

Put all batter ingredients (brown sugar through ground cloves) into a blender or food processor and blend until you have a creamy batter. This batter can be refrigerated for several months. To make a toddy mix together 2 tbsp of the batter, ½ cup boiling water and 1 or 2 shots of rum, depending on just how warm you want to get. Yum!

• Yields: enough batter for many servings