Caramel Sauce

Makes: About 1 1/4 cups

Course: Dessert

Author: Critters in the Kitchen

Servings: 8

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Rest Time: 10

Total Time 25

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Ingredients

½ cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar (packed)
2 Tbsp corn syrup (see note below)
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

In a saucepan, combine the cream, butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup.
Bring to a boil over medium/high heat (about 5-6 minutes), whisking occasionally.
When it begins to boil, reduce heat and boil gently for 3 minutes more.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Allow sauce to cool for a few minutes before serving warm.

Notes:

Make Ahead: This is very easy to make ahead of time and reheat before serving.

*Corn syrup keeps the sauce from crystalizing, but if you don't have corn syrup, you can replace it with 3/4 water & 1/4 lemon juice. So for 2 Tbsp corn syrup you would use 4 1/2 tsp water and 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice. (You don't have to use the exact ratio, but if you added much more lemon juice, it would make the caramel sauce taste funny.)

**Some people have used honey successfully as a substitute for the corn syrup, but I've never tried it.

Diet: Gluten Free, Egg Free