Salted Caramel Recipe

Ingredients for Salted Caramel:

• 1/2  cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons heavy cream
• 2  tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• Gray sea salt or flaky sea salt 

Directions:

Bring sugar and 2 tablespoons water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. This will take a few minutes

Increase heat to medium-high and cook without stirring, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush, until sugar is a deep amber color, 5-8 minutes. Remove caramel from heat.

Add cream and already cut up butter (mixture will bubble vigorously) and whisk to combine.

Let cool slightly.

Drizzle caramel sauce over brownies, cakes, ice cream,etc and sprinkle lightly with sea salt.

Can be refrigerated. Reheat before using.

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5 from 2 votes

Salted Caramel Recipe

Cook Time12 minutes mins

Total Time12 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Author: Generations of Savings

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into small pieces
• Gray sea salt or flaky sea salt

Instructions

• Bring sugar and 2 tablespoons water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. This will take a few minutes
• Increase heat to medium-high and cook without stirring, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush, until sugar is a deep amber color, 5-8 minutes. Remove caramel from heat.
• Add cream and already cut up butter (mixture will bubble vigorously) and whisk to combine.
• Let cool slightly.
• Drizzle caramel sauce over brownies, cakes, ice cream,etc and sprinkle lightly with sea salt.
• Can be refrigerated. Reheat before using.

Author: Kat

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