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Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce (4-Ingredient)
This Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce needs only 4 Ingredients. Make your own caramel sauce for ice cream, cakes, pies, popcorn, or apples. Perfect for gifting.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 175 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 TB unsalted butter sliced into 1-inch pieces and softened
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- In a deep saucepan, place sugar in an even layer. Heat sugar over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Once sugar starts melting down, whisk continuously until all the clumps are melted into liquid (this can happen quickly, so watch carefully that the sugar doesn't burn. See video in original article for visual.)
- Immediately turn heat down to medium and insert candy thermometer into the melted sugar; gently stir until liquid turns reddish-brown in color -- the minute your thermometer reaches 350F, slowly add the butter -- caramel will bubble up, so be careful.
- Continue to gently stir until fully melted; try not to let mixture splash up the sides of the pan. Once mixture is smooth, immediately remove pan from heat. Carefully pour in the cream and whisk until a smooth thick sauce forms. Whisk in the flaky salt. Let sauce cool to almost-room temp before drizzling over dessert. Store leftover sauce in airtight glass container in fridge for future use.
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Notes
- If you can't find flaky sea salt, you can use coarse kosher salt in a pinch.
- Caramel sauce can be kept in an airtight glass jar in fridge for up to a month. Great for gift-giving, too.
- Chilled caramel sauce may need slight reheating in microwave before drizzling.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
175kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
22g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Cholesterol
13mg
(4%)
Sodium
5mg
(0%)
Potassium
65mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.5g
(2%)
Sugar
21g
(42%)
Vitamin A
175IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 175
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 175kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 5mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 65mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.5g | 2% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.