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Easy 5-Ingredient Homemade Caramel Sauce

Katie Scott
This quick and easy homemade salted caramel sauce only has 5 ingredients and is so easy to make. I love caramel on almost anything and I was in search of creating a salted caramel recipe that can go perfectly with all desserts.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1.25 cups of caramel
Calories 1272 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ⅓ cup heaving whipping cream
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Measure out all of your ingredients. This is truly the key to a successful caramel. Have all ingredients measured and ready to go.
  • Heat the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. DO NOT STIR. Let the sugar begin to melt and liquefy on the edges, about 4 minutes. Watch carefully.
  • Once the caramel is melting and turning a light amber color, give it a stir with a whisk or wooden spoon until all of the sugar crystals melt. The sugar will clump up at first and then begin to melt. Trust the process.
  • Once the caramel begins to melt, start stirring consistently until no large clumps remain. It can take 10-15 minutes (from when you first started) for the clumps to fully disappear so you have to be patient. I recommend putting an oven mitt on during this part as the heat from the caramel can burn.
  • Once it begins to turn a deeper amber color, reduce heat to low and add cubed butter. Be careful as it will bubble here. Keep stirring till incorporated.
  • Microwave heavy cream until warm, about 30 seconds. Pour slowly into caramel mixture, stirring until combined. Let the caramel bubble for 1 minute then remove from heat.
  • Add vanilla extract and salt, stirring until combined. Transfer to a glass container.
  • Let the caramel cool to room temperature before utilizing it as a cake filling or in a buttercream recipe. 

Nutrition

Calories: 1272kcalCarbohydrates: 160gProtein: 1gFat: 73gSaturated Fat: 46gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 3gCholesterol: 193mgSodium: 12mgPotassium: 32mgSugar: 160gVitamin A: 2239IUCalcium: 24mgIron: 0.1mg
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