Salted Caramel Sauce

Quick and easy homemade salted caramel sauce with only 5 ingredients.

I am horrified about making candy at home. Something about that boiling water/sugar mixture makes me think it is going to explode on my face. I just haven't done it. 

But I do love caramel sauce. And this past weekend even though it was cold and snowy I wanted ice cream. Caramel sauce sounded so good. I wanted some of that too.  I found a pretty simple recipe, although I am pretty sure caramel sauce in general is simple to make. 

I looked pretty ridiculous outfitted with long sleeves and gloves during the cream pouring step. But in the end I made same marvelous salted caramel sauce. It is sweet and then you get a hint of a burnt salty taste.  

Now I have a jar of this stuff in my fridge and I want to eat it by the spoonful.  

And I did. Multiple times. 

I am probably not going to be making a ton of sugar candies in the near future but I will never buy caramel sauce again. 

Salted Caramel Sauce

by Emily Morris

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Keywords: saute sauce dessert caramel

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Ingredients (Makes 2 cups)

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

In a small bowl whisk together heavy cream, vanilla and sea salt. Set aside.

In a medium sauce pan, cook sugar and water over medium-high heat, swirling the pan but not stirring.

The mixture will boil and turn a dark amber color, about 12 minutes.

Remove from the heat and slowly whisk in cream mixture.

Let cool completely; transfer to jars and refrigerate

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