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Three jars of salted caramel sauce with labels.

Easy Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

Learn how to make salted caramel with this quick and easy recipe. Perfect for gift giving or using at home as a topping or ingredient.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48 Tablespoons or 3 Cups
Calories 74 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 12 tablespoons butter salted, room temperature
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt or maldon, or regular table salt

Instructions
 

  • Melt the sugar in a heavy bottom pot on medium-high heat stirring with a heat proof spatula. This will take anywhere between 8 and 10 minutes. The sugar will darken to a nice caramel color.
  • Add the butter and keep stirring. This will bubble up just keep stirring until it is melted and combined.
  • Remove from heat and add the heavy whipping cream a little at a time stirring all the while.
  • Add the vanilla and salt and mix well.
  • Allow the caramel to cool slightly before ladling it into prepared jars.
  • Let the caramel completely cool in the jars on the counter, then cover with the lids and refrigerate.
  • Keeps for 3 - 4 weeks refrigerated.

Notes

 
  1. If it cools too much and becomes hard to get out of the pan, place it back on the stove on low heat to allow it to melt.
  2. Be careful the caramel is hot and can burn your skin.
  3. You can use unsalted butter but then increase the salt to about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon.
  4. The sauce will harden in the refrigerator. You may need to let it sit out or reheat it in the microwave to soften it up.
 
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 0.2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 36mgPotassium: 6mgSugar: 8gVitamin A: 160IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.01mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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