Best Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe Ever

You are going to absolutely fall in love with the Best Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe EVER!!!

We love drizzling this sauce on ice cream as well as dipping sliced fall apples.

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Best Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

Many ready-made caramel sauce varieties contain artificial preservatives, flavorings, and high-fructose corn syrup.

Making your own homemade caramel sauce may take a little extra time, but the results are well worth the effort.

Caramel Sauce Ingredients:

• ½ c. heavy cream 
• 1 c. white sugar
• 2 T. water
• 4 T. unsalted butter
• 1 t. fleur de sel salt 

Directions for homemade caramel sauce

Step 1: Preheat oven to lowest setting. 

Step 2: To prepare the salted caramel sauce, warm the heavy cream in a small saucepan over low heat.

(The goal is to slightly warm the cream because cold dairy product can curdle when added to hot liquids).

Step 3: Add the sugar and water to a heavy-bottomed oven-safe saucepan and stir to combine.

Set spoon aside and do not stir the sugar mixture again. 

Step 4: Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat.

If sugar crystals remain on the sides of the pan, gently brush them back down with a moistened silicon baking brush. 

Step 5: Continue boiling until the mixture turns a nice amber color.

If a dark spot forms on one side due to uneven heating, lift the pan and gently swirl until the color is even again. 

Step 6: Return pan to the burner and reduce heat. 

Step 7: Slowly whisk in the warmed cream until thoroughly incorporated.

Be very careful while doing so because the extremely hot sugar mixture will bubble up when the cooler cream is added. 

Step 8: Remove from heat and add butter and salt. Stir with a clean spoon until butter is totally incorporated into the mixture.

Do not reuse the same spoon from earlier because reintroducing sugar crystals to the pan can cause your caramel sauce to crystalize as it cools. 

Step 9: Place saucepan into pre-heated oven until ready to use. 

To store, let it cool and place in a jar with a lid. Keep it in the refrigerator.

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Best Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe EVER

You are going to absolutely fall in love with the Best Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe EVER!!!

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Ingredients

• ½ c. heavy cream 
• 1 c. white sugar
• 2 T. water
• 4 T. unsalted butter
• 1 t. fleur de sel salt 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to lowest setting. 
2. In a glass bowl, toss sliced apple wedges with fresh lemon juice to prevent browning. Set aside. 
3. To prepare the salted caramel sauce, warm the heavy cream in a small saucepan over low heat. (The goal is to slightly warm the cream because cold dairy product can curdle when added to hot liquids).
4. Add the sugar and water to a heavy-bottomed oven-safe saucepan and stir to combine. Set spoon aside and do not stir the sugar mixture again. 
5. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. If sugar crystals remain on the sides of the pan, gently brush them back down with a moistened silicon baking brush. 
6. Continue boiling until the mixture turns a nice amber color. If a dark spot forms on one side due to uneven heating, lift the pan and gently swirl until the color is even again.  Return pan to the burner and reduce heat. 
7. Slowly whisk in the warmed cream until thoroughly incorporated. Be very careful while doing so because the extremely hot sugar mixture will bubble up when the cooler cream is added. 
8. Remove from heat and add butter and salt. Stir with a clean spoon until butter is totally incorporated into the mixture. Do not reuse the same spoon from earlier because reintroducing sugar crystals to the pan can cause your caramel sauce to crystalize as it cools. 
9. Place saucepan into pre-heated oven until ready to use. 

Notes

To store, let sauce cool and place in a jar with a lid. Keep it in the refrigerator.

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