Drinks
Hot Honey Butter Toddy
A toddy with a knob of butter melted into it, and enough chili honey to warm the back of your throat.
- Time
- 10 min
- Course
- Drinks
- Pour
- Buckwheat
How
- 1
Warm 6 oz water with a cinnamon stick and a pinch of crushed chili; don't boil.
- 2
Stir in 1½ tbsp honey, the juice of half a lemon and 2 oz bourbon (or leave it out).
- 3
Add 1 tsp butter and stir until it melts and the drink turns glossy.
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