Hot Buttered Rum Batter

[wickedwords]

A lovely card from z_rayne arrived yesterday. She's very crafty, she is. ;)

Yesterday was out local gathering, and my hot buttered rum mix was a success. A few people asked for the recipe, so here's what I used:


1 stick butter
1/2 c confectioners sugar
1/2 c brown sugar, packed
1 c premium French vanilla ice cream, softened
1/4 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon

Melt butter over low heat and gradually stir in confectioner's sugar until absorbed. Add brown sugar and stir until the butter and sugars have formed a glutinous, sticky mass and there is no butter floating around on top. Remove from heat, whisk in ice cream, nutmeg and cinnamon. (You can also add ground cloves if you want). Put in a container and stash in the freezer for a day or so to give the spices time to permeate the mix.


My son drinks this with hot water, for a "Hot Buttered". Last night, a few people added it to coffee and then added the rum; I'm a purist and have simply hot water and rum in mine.

Comments

[forlornhope42.livejournal.com]

Sounds lovely - I think I will try this out on my LOTR friends for our EE-watching weekend.

But can you please tell me (European) what/how much a "c" is? And how much a stick of butter weighs?

Thanks so much in advance
Skein

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

C = cup which is 8 ounces, or about 250 ML (I think).
1/2 C = 4 oz
A stick of butter is 1/4 lb, or 4 Oz.

So it's:
4 Oz butter
4 Oz confectioners sugar
4 Oz brown sugar, packed
8 Oz premium French vanilla ice cream, softened

That looks a lot simpler than what I wrote originally, doesn't it? Hope that helps.

Of course!

[forlornhope42.livejournal.com]

Headdesk = moi!!! A c is a cup - why on Earth didn't I get this?! *shakes head at self*

Thank you so much for taking the time and the effort to "translate" this for me. It helps a lot!

Merry Christmas!
Skein