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Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

Easy recipe for homemade salted caramel sauce. 4 Ingredients and 15 minutes are what you need to make this super easy and perfect salted caramel sauce. Just one or two tablespoons of this sauce on any dessert makes it gourmet 🙂 Think toasts, ice creams, sundaes, cakes and what not?
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dessert, sauce
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 Cup
Calories: 431kcal
Author: Harini

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar light brown or granulated
  • 2 tablespoons water optional
  • 0.5 cup cream
  • 0.5 cup salted butter
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt increase or decrease to taste
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Combine sugar and water in a medium sauce pan. Whisk well for the sugar to dissolve in water.
  • Once the sugar dissolves, stop stirring.
  • Continue to cook in medium flame till the sugar caramelizes and turns into amber color.
  • The sugar will bubble, turn frothy and caramelize. Do not stir at this stage
  • Once the sugar is caramelized and turns into amber liquid, reduce the flame and add cream. Mix very well. The cream may bubble and splutter here, so exercise caution
  • After the cream is well mixed, add salted butter and whisk well till the butter completely mixes.
  • Switch off the flame and add sea salt. You may also add some vanilla as I did.
  • Let the sauce cool down completely before storing. Store caramel sauce in clean, dry jar and store in fridge.
  • Serve salted caramel sauce as dessert topping.

Nutrition

Calories: 431kcal