How to Make Rum Butter: Rum butter is a delicious butter spread that tastes awesome on biscuits, scones, pancakes, waffles and even on baked potatoes and sweet potatoes. Rum butter is very easy to make. But this rum butter recipe contains alcohol so it’s for adults only. If you want to make a version for the kids, just swap out the rum and use apple juice or apple cider instead.
Ingredient List for Rum Butter:
1/2 cup soft butter (not melted)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons dark rum (or apple juice for kids)
Step 1: Let your butter soften at room temperature. Do not melt the butter. Just let it get soft. To soften it quickly, slice it into thin pats or shred it with a potato peeler.
Step 2: Mix the brown sugar with the nutmeg in a small bowl.
Step 3: Add the butter to the sugar and mix well.
Step 4: Add the dark rum (or apple juice for kids) to the butter and mix well.
Step 5: Store the rum butter in the refrigerator until you are ready to use it.
Step 6: Let the rum butter sit at room temperature for a little while to let it soften before using it.
How to Make No Bake Cherry Rum Balls: Cherry rum balls are a delicious dessert to serve during the holidays or any day! And they are super easy to make because these cherry rum balls are no bake rum balls! Not only will you want to make these no bake cherry rum balls for your friends and family, but you will also want to give them away as gifts. Just buy a decorative tin at any dollar store, fill it with no bake cherry rum balls, and you will have a gift that anyone will enjoy! Please note: this recipe contains rum and is for adults only.
Ingredient List for No Bake Cherry Rum Balls:
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate if you don’t like semi sweet)
1/2 cup rum
1/4 cup light corn syrup like Karo
3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1+1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
24 red candied cherries, cut in half
Step 1: Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave or on the stove top.
Step 2: Add the rum and corn syrup to the melted chocolate and stir.
Step 3: Stir together the vanilla wafer crumbs, the pecans and 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar in a bowl.
Step 4: Pour the chocolate mixture over the crumb mixture and stir until blended.
Step 5: Shape mixture into 1 inch balls.
Step 6: Roll the rum balls in the remaining confectioners’ sugar.
Step 7: Place half a cherry in center of each cookie and press down lightly.
Step 8: Store the cherry rum balls in an airtight container for several days to let the flavor develop.
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