Homemade Caramel Sauce
This is an easy recipe on how to make Homemade Caramel Sauce from scratch, using just 4 simple ingredients: sugar, butter, heavy cream, and salt.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 1787kcal
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter cut in pieces
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
Put 1 cup granulated sugar in a sauce pan and heat it over medium heat for about 10-15 minutes, constantly stirring. The sugar will start melting and form clumps, which will turn into amber/brown liquid.
When the sugar is completely melted, add 6 tbsp cubed butter and stir. At this point the mixture will start to bubble. Stir for a couple of minutes until the butter is melted. First, it will look like the sugar and butter are separated, there is nothing wrong with that.
Gradually add ½ cup heavy cream and stir. It will bubble again.
Stir for another minute, then remove from the heat and add salt.
I prefer to add ½ teaspoon salt first, let the caramel to cool off a bit, taste, and add more salt if needed.
First, the caramel will be quite runny but it will get thicker after it cools off.
When the caramel sauce is completely cooled off, transfer it to a mason jar or an air tight container and refrigerate.
Calories: 1787kcal | Carbohydrates: 203g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 112g | Saturated Fat: 71g | Cholesterol: 344mg | Sodium: 2382mg | Potassium: 89mg | Sugar: 200g | Vitamin A: 3848IU | Calcium: 98mg