HOMEMADE SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE (4-INGREDIENT)

By peridot728

This Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce needs only 4 Ingredients. Make your own caramel sauce for ice cream, cakes, pies, popcorn, apples…let your imagination soar. Nothing artificial; just pure goodness.

Ingredients

• Author: Chew Out Loud
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 6 TB unsalted butter, sliced into 1-inch pieces and softened
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 tsp flaky sea salt

Preparation

Step 1

In a heavy saucepan, place sugar in an even layer. Heat sugar over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Once it starts melting, whisk continuously as it cooks until all the clumps are melted down.
Turn heat to medium. Insert candy thermometer into the melted sugar and continue stirring until liquid turns red-brown in color. The minute your thermometer reaches 350F, carefully add all the butter — caramel may bubble up, so be careful.
Continue to whisk until fully melted. 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.
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.