Easy Homemade Salted Butterscotch Sauce

Name: Easy Homemade Salted Butterscotch Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 10 servings (2 1/4 cups total)
Ingredients: 1 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar; ¾ ¾ cup heavy cream; ½ ½ cup butter (I use salted); ¼ ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

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Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings
10 servings (2 1/4 cups total)
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American

Easy Homemade Salted Butterscotch Sauce

Iris Warren

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Ingredients

Servings

1 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
¾ ¾ cup heavy cream
½ ½ cup butter (I use salted)
¼ ¼ teaspoon salt
½ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

In a medium saucepan, add the brown sugar, cream, butter, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat until the butter is melted, stirring occasionally. Increase the heat to medium, bring the mixture to a simmer, and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.
Off the heat, stir in the vanilla. The sauce will be thin but will thicken as it cools.
Pour the sauce into a jar or bowl to cool. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Warm lightly (don't bring to simmer or boil or it can separate or turn grainy) before serving or serve straight from the refrigerator. Serve over ice cream, pie, blondies or whatever treat calls for butterscotch sauce!

Notes

Brown Sugar: the sauce will be quite a bit darker in color if using dark brown sugar.
Heavy Cream: I use Darigold 40% heavy cream.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1 serving Calories 258kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 27g (9%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 17g (26%) Saturated Fat 11g (55%) Cholesterol 51mg (17%) Sodium 187mg (8%) Sugar 27g (54%)