National Hot Buttered Rum Day

Hot Buttered Rum Sauce

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)

1 cup dark brown sugar

1 pinch ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 cup dark rum or 1/4 cup spiced rum

1/2 lime, juice of

Directions:

Melt butter over medium heat in a small saucepan.

Add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Add in the cardamom, vanilla and the rum.

Continue to cook and stir until sauce begins to thicken, about 1 or 2 minutes.

Off the heat and stir in the fresh lime juice.

Serve immediately over waffles, pancakes, cakes, fruit, pudding, or ice cream.