Caramel Sauce Recipe
This is the best homemade caramel sauce you’ll ever make. The homemade sauce only uses four ingredients, is easy to make, and is extremely versatile!
Servings: 1.25 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup salted butter
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Add the granulated sugar to a small pot over medium heat. Stir the sugar occasionally until it dissolves and turns a light amber color. This should take 5-10 minutes depending on the heat of your burner.
- Once the sugar is amber in color, add the butter and salt, continue stirring the mixture until the butter is fully melted.
- Slowly pour in the heavy cream and whisk the sauce until the ingredients are homogenous and the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- This caramel sauce makes a great topping for cookies, ice cream, cake, etc. It can also be drizzled over coffee or hot chocolate.
- The sea salt and salt in the butter helps balance the rich sweetness of the caramelized sugar.
- We like to stir our sauce with a silicone spatula since it is easiest to clean.
- Make sure you stir the sauce consistently to prevent it from burning on the bottom of your pot.
- Don’t pour the heavy cream into the pot all at once. The heavy cream will bubble as it combines with the rest of the sauce, so if you add it all at once it can boil over and create a mess.
- Store your sauce in the fridge for up to 3 weeks. I like to keep my sauce in a mason jar with a lid, but a rubbermaid container will work too.
- You can reheat your sauce in the microwave for about 10 seconds, stirring until smooth.
Nutrition
Calories: 1591kcal | Carbohydrates: 162g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 109g | Saturated Fat: 69g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Trans Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 303mg | Sodium: 2472mg | Potassium: 116mg | Sugar: 163g | Vitamin A: 3669IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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