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    Salted Caramel Sauce

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    Just enough salt makes this Salted Caramel Sauce perfect—with caramelized sugar and vanilla. The now classic flavor of salted caramel wins again!!


    Salted Caramel Sauce

    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

    Tara Teaspoon
    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!
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 1 serving (⅓ cups)
    Calories 1675 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ cups sugar
    • 2 teaspoon sea salt
    • ½ cup heavy cream
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

    Instructions
     

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

    Notes

    Sauce can be refrigerated for up to a month.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1675kcalCarbohydrates: 303gProtein: 3gFat: 55gSaturated Fat: 35gCholesterol: 193mgSodium: 4799mgPotassium: 89mgSugar: 300gVitamin A: 2099IUCalcium: 77mg
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