Just enough salt makes it perfect—with caramelized sugar and vanilla. The now classic flavor of salted caramel wins again!!
There are so many delicious uses for this sauce. In and on pie of course, on fresh apples, on ice cream, cake, cookies. In a cocktail, apple cider or hot chocolate. Let’s go on…comment when you figure out a new one!!
Salted Caramel Sauce
Work Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
This perfect, sugary sauce is in it for the long haul. If any is leftover it can be kept refrigerated for up to a month. That means the good keeps on giving!
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
salted caramel sauce
Calories: 1676 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 tsp sea salt
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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Combine ½ cup water, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then remove spoon.
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Brush inside edges of pan with water to dissolve any sugar crystals. Reduce heat to medium, then allow mixture to boil, gently swirling pan occasionally. Cook to a light amber color, 20 to 25 min, remove from heat and stir in cream and butter with a clean spoon (mixture will bubble, then settle). Stir in vanilla and set aside to cool. Sauce can be refrigerated for up to a month.
Recipe Notes
Sauce can be refrigerated for up to a month.
Nutrition Facts
Salted Caramel Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1676
Calories from Fat 495
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 55g
85%
Saturated Fat 34g
170%
Cholesterol 193mg
64%
Sodium 4800mg
200%
Potassium 89mg
3%
Total Carbohydrates 303g
101%
Sugars 299g
Protein 2g
4%
Vitamin A
42.1%
Calcium
7.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
- Use this sauce in and on Salted Caramel Apple Pie
Recipe by Tara Bench
Food Styling by Tara Bench
