Salted Caramel Sauce

Name: Salted Caramel Sauce
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: ¼ cup unsalted butter; ½ cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; ½ tsp kosher salt; ½ cup 35% cream

Total Time5 mins
Makes1 cup

Photo: Craig Boyko

It doesn't get more luxe than thick caramel sauce. Try it poured over ice cream for the ultimate DIY sundae.

Ingredients

¼ cup unsalted butter
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp kosher salt
½ cup 35% cream

Instructions

Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar. Bring to a gentle boil, whisking occasionally. Cook for 3 min. Stir in vanilla and salt until dissolved. Remove from heat and let stand 1 min. Whisk in cream until sauce is smooth. Refrigerate for up to 10 days.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 76, Carbohydrates 7g, Fat 6g, Sodium 54mg.

How to use it

Drizzle over ice cream
Serve as a dip with apple or pear slices
Pour it over apple pie
Spread cooled caramel between vanilla wafers to make sandwich cookies
Top waffles
Give it as a gift: seal in jars and add cute tags

Originally published in the January + February 2018 issue. Photo by Craig Boyko.

This article was originally published on Jan 05, 2018

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