Hot-Buttered Rum

• 1 stick (half cup) butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 box dark brown sugar

Empty brown sugar into a medium sized bowl, add dry ingredients and mix well. Add 1 stick softened butter or margarine, and mix well. This may mean using a fork to get the mixture completely worked up. It will be a very heavy, concentrated mixture.

Store this in a covered container in the refrigerator until ready for use. Take one rounded teaspoon of the mixture and put in a cup, add one jigger of rum, and fill the cup with boiling water. The mixture will keep in the refrigerator for several months.