You can make easy caramel sauce that is sweet, buttery with an essence of salt in 10 minutes. No candy thermometer is required!
Caramel Sauce
This recipe has only four simple ingredients that you probably have in your pantry.
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How to Make Caramel Sauce {Salted}
The best part about making this “candy” recipe is that it doesn’t require any special tools.
I have had my share of candy failures; however, this recipe is so easy to achieve perfect results every time.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (room temperature)
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional flake salt for garnish)
Ingredients for the caramel recipe
Supplies
- Heavy bottomed saucepan
- Whisk
- Bamboo spoon
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Jar (this is the size I use)
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The cream I used is heavy whipping cream (unwhipped in a carton).
Place an even layer of sugar in the bottom of the heavy saucepan.
Placing sugar in a saucepan
Heat the sugar over medium-high heat, shirring only when it begins to melt.
Sugar is starting to melt.
The sugar will start to clump together as it melts.
Whisking sugar as it melts
Stir the melting sugar and allow it to cook until it turns a dark amber color (the color of brown sugar).
Melted sugar deep amber color
Add the butter room and whisk.
Whisking in butter
Next, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons salt, stir and remove from heat.
Add salt to the caramel mixture
Slowly add the cream, whisking until the mixture is smooth. Stop stirring as soon as the cream is incorporated.
Slowly whisk in cream
Cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Pour homemade salted caramel sauce into a jar
Ice cream topped with salted caramel sauce
Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (room temperature)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place an even layer of sugar in the bottom of the heavy saucepan.
- Heat the sugar over medium-high heat, shirring only when it begins to melt.
- The sugar will start to clump together as it melts.
- Stir the melting sugar and allow it to cook until it turns a deep amber color.
- Mix in butter until it is smooth and incorporated.
- Next, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons salt, stir and remove the pan from the heat.
- Slowly add the cream, whisking until the mixture is smooth.
- Cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.
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Friday 27th of October 2023
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Wednesday 17th of January 2024
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Sean O'Hern
Tuesday 4th of May 2021
Great recipe!! Great with apples or over ice cream!!! The kids love it!!!
Sharyn R Metzger
Thursday 8th of April 2021
Cannot wait to try it, looks delicious! Might try over open faced apple pie! Thank you for detailed pictures!