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Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe

Skip the store-bought version and make your own homemade Salted Caramel Sauce with simple ingredients and just a few minutes!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword caramel sauce, salted caramel sauce
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 211kcal
Author Katie Cooksey

Ingredients

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Instructions

  • Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat to melt the sugar. Continue cooking and swirling the pan until the sugar turns amber in color.
    A pot on a stove contains bubbling sugar mixture caramelizing.
  • Whisk in heavy cream. The mixture will bubble up violently briefly. Continue whisking until the sauce is smooth.
    A hand pours a creamy liquid from a bowl into a pot of bubbling caramel, with a whisk resting in the pot.
  • Whisk in butter, vanilla extract and sea salt. Use as desired.
    A hand is pouring salt from a small white bowl into a saucepan with chocolate mixture being whisked.

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Nutrition

Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 24mg | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 459IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.04mg
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