Perfect Homemade Barbecue Sauce

By Lady Butterfly

Looking for an awesome barbecue sauce recipe? Try this Perfect Homemade Barbecue Sauce. The flavors are out of this world good!

Ingredients

• 1 cup homemade ketchup, if you don't have homemade, use Heinz
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup molasses, unsulfered is best
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke, hickory flavor
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan, whisk the ketchup, tomato sauce, brown sugar, wine vinegar, molasses, liquid smoke and butter over medium-high heat. Then add the remaining ingredients and and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes.

For those that asked about canning this sauce: Omit the butter and ladle into clean canning jars while still hot. Process as pints or half pints for 20 minutes in a boiling water bath.