How to Make a Hot Toddy Recipe

If have a cold and cough, you might be searching for the perfect hot toddy recipe. A good, hot toddy has helped many a person get over their cold or flu!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• whiskey, rum, scotch or bourbon
• one lemon
• one tablespoon of honey
• hot water

1. Gather all of the supplies needed to follow the hot toddy recipe.

2. Decide which alcohol you want to use. You can either use whiskey, bourbon, rum or scotch. Depending on where you live, different areas have different traditions for which alcohol is best to use.

3. Boil a cup of water and set it aside. Mix your one shot (1 oz) of your alcohol of choice with a tablespoon of honey. Cut a slice of lemon to put into your hot toddy and squeeze the juice of the rest of the lemon into the mixture.

4. Pour your hot water over the mixture and stir until the honey is fully dissolved. Drink and enjoy. You will feel better in no time.

Tips & Warnings

• To make a hot buttered rum toddy, simply add one teaspoon of butter to the recipe.

Resources

• Hedonist Adventure

[sneedc]

on 1/5/2009 Maybe I'll forego all the formalities and drink 1/2 the Goldschlagger instead! lol. GREAT ARTICLE. Good tips, all joking aside. Thanks. 5*

[meacham01]

on 1/3/2009 I did not have a cold but ...okay I did it for prevention...ah heck, Ilove the stuff. You wrote a great one here!! 5*