The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.52)

1 wine glassApplejack base
2 lumpssugar base
0.67 glassboiling water — Fill two-thirds full and dissolve sugar.dilution
1 slicelemon slice — slice lemongarnish
  1. Fill a hot water glass two-thirds full of boiling water and dissolve the sugar.
  2. Add the applejack and lemon slice and serve with a spoon.

Garnish: Lemon slice.

This is a good checkpoint for hot apple spirit service as part of the mixed-drink layer rather than only rural plain drinking.

The recipe is defined by hot dilution and spoon service, not by complex mixing.

See also: Hot Apple Toddy, Hot Scotch