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Hot Toddy

homemade hot toddy recipe with a lemon slice and cinnamon stick in a mug on the counter
  • Serves:  1
  • Prep Time:  0 min
  • Cook Time:  5 min

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup boiling water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tsp lemon juice, plus lemon slice for garnish
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 ¾ oz bourbon

Method

  1. Add the cinnamon stick, cloves and anise to ¾ cup boiling water and allow to steep for 3 minutes.
  2. Stir in honey, lemon juice, bitters and bourbon. Add the lemon slice and enjoy immediately.

Note: for extra flavor, steep a tea bag with the hot water, black tea is great but Earl Grey is my favorite OR for something sweeter, use unfiltered apple cider in place of boiling water.