Salted Caramel Sauce

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!!

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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

1. Combine ½ cup water, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then remove spoon.
2. 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*

Fat 55g85%

Saturated Fat 34g213%

Cholesterol 193mg64%

Sodium 4800mg209%

Potassium 89mg3%

Carbohydrates 303g101%

Sugar 299g332%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 2105IU42%

Calcium 77mg8%

* 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