Easy Caramel Sauce

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If you’ve been looking for a buttery, fail-safe, easy caramel sauce that you can drizzle on all of the things, you’ve found it! Most caramel sauces are toddler-level temperamental, which is why I love this recipe. It isn’t fussy AT ALL. You don’t even need a candy thermometer!

Caramel vs. Butterscotch

Technically, this recipe is for a butterscotch sauce. I call it caramel sauce because it tastes like caramel sauce without all of the to-do that comes with making one. And really, the major difference between the two is that a butterscotch sauce is made with brown sugar and a caramel sauce is made with white sugar. No matter what you call it, once your family tastes it, this sauce will become a staple in your home.

How To Store Caramel Sauce

While the sauce is still warm, add it to an air-tight heat-proof container. (Plastic might melt, so use glass.) Keep it uncovered until it has thoroughly cooled, and then refrigerate it for up to three weeks. You can also freeze the sauce for up to 3 months.

What Goes With Caramel Sauce

Drizzle this sauce on everything! I love it as a dip for sliced apples, stirred into a latte, or mixed into my oatmeal. It also pairs beautifully with:

1. Apple Pie
2. No Churn Peach Balsamic Ice Cream
3. Chai Spiced Scones
4. Lemon Berry Cobbler
5. Caramelized Banana and Peanut Butter Quesadilla

If you’ve been looking for a buttery, fail-safe, easy caramel sauce that you can drizzle on all of the things, you’ve found it!

Servings: 16 tablespoons

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Ingredients

1. 1/4 cup salted butter
2. 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3. 1/3 cup heavy cream
4. 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions 

1. In a heavy-bottomed medium-sized pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Once it is frothy, add the brown sugar.
2. Whisk the brown sugar and butter until the sugar transforms into a caramel sauce.
3. Take the caramel sauce off the heat and add the heavy cream. Continue to whisk to incorporate the cream into the sauce.
4. Whisk in the vanilla.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Tbsp Calories: 69kcal Carbohydrates: 7g Protein: 0.2g Fat: 5g Sodium: 26mg

How to Make CARAMEL SAUCE – Step by Step Photos

In a heavy-bottomed medium-sized pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Once it is frothy, add the brown sugar.

Whisk the brown sugar and butter until the sugar transforms into a caramel sauce, about 2 minutes.

Take the caramel sauce off the heat and add the heavy cream. Continue to whisk to incorporate the cream into the sauce, about 1 minute.

Whisk in the vanilla. Allow the sauce to cool before drizzling over all of your favorite desserts or fresh fruit!

Recipe by Cook Good Recipes