Colonial Hot Buttered Rum
2 Cups firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup butter or margarine
1 pinch salt
3 sticks cinnamon
6 whole cloves
1/2 teas ground nutmeg
2 cups rum
heavy cream--whipped
ground nutmeg--for topping
Put all ingredients, except rum, cream, and nutmeg into crockpot.
Add 2 quarts hot water.
Stir well. Cover pot and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
Add rum; stir to blend. Serve from pot in warm mugs
with a scoop of whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.
makes 15 servings
Good for the Holidays...