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salted butter caramel sauce

caramelsauce

This is an easy, delicious, smooth, salted caramel sauce that is wonderful for all your recipes that call for caramel. This recipe makes about 1 and 1/2 cups.

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup half & half

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix the brown sugar, half & half, butter, and salt in a small saucepan. Whisk constantly over medium-low heat for 7 minutes (or until it gets thicker.) Add the vanilla and cook an additional minute. Turn off the heat and allow sauce to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a jar. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Variations:

for cinnamon caramel: add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg when you add the vanilla. (wonderful in monkey bread)

for Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Caramel: add 2 Tablespoons JD in place of vanilla. (wonderful on ice cream or brownies)

for orange caramel: add 1 teaspoon orange extract in place of the vanilla (wonderful on caramel rolls)

for coconut caramel: add 1 teaspoon coconut extract in place of the vanilla (wonderful on banana splits)

Enjoy!

~Melissa

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28 Comments

    1. Hi!

      Being a European I don’t know what half & half is.
      Could you be so kind as to enlighten me?

      Thanks!

      1. Hello there, Louise!
        Half and half is equal parts milk and cream 🙂
        Hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by!
        ~M

    1. I’m not quite sure how to preserve caramel sauce, Sharon 🙂 Sorry about that. You certainly could make it and refrigerate it within a week of giving your gift boxes away. Thanks for visiting and for commenting! XO

      1. Yeah, that’s what I’ve read too, Mel 🙂 Oh well. It’s not like this is easy to keep around once you make it anyway. hee hee! enjoy!

  1. can you make coconut carmel sauce using pinacolada drink mix ? instead of coconut milk . asking due to the fact I have 3 bottles of this stuff from a past party ! May be a good way to use it up , will try and let you know .

    1. Hi Jeff 🙂 I don’t think that will work because to make caramel you need sugar and butter. I don’t think there’s any fat of any kind in pina colada drink mix.

    1. Hi Sharon! this would be perfect on bread pudding 🙂 I add a little rum and nutmeg to the caramel when I make it for bread pudding. enjoy, and thanks for visiting!

  2. I make caramel vanilla lattes every morning. I bet this would be fabulous drizzled on the foam cap! Thanks for sharing!