This easy salted caramel sauce is so delicious! It has a rich flavor and an amazingly creamy, thick and smooth texture.

It’s great for drizzling on ice cream, pies, cupcakes, brownies, pancakes, french toast, etc. It also makes a great gift for the holidays or special occasions. Your friends and family will love it!

Homemade salted caramel sauce is fast and easy to make, it’s ready in 15 minutes. You don’t even need a thermometer or any fancy equipments.

Make sure you have all the ingredients ready next to you as the process happens very quickly and watch the sauce carefully the entire time it cooks. Sugar caramelizes rapidly, you don’t want to end up with a burnt sugar mess.

To make the salted caramel sauce combine sugar, water and whisk until smooth. Then just let the mixture boil away until it turns a dark amber color. Add the butter and, when it is melted, remove from heat, add the cream and stir well. Be very careful and keep your face away from the pan at all times!

I used salted butter, if you can’t find it at the store just add 1/2 teaspoon of fine sea salt. It’s ok to omit it if you don’t like salt in your caramel.

The salted caramel sauce can be kept at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerated for up to 4 weeks. Ours never lasts that long:) Before using it, place it in a microwave safe container and heat for about 30-45 seconds.

If you haven’t made caramel sauce before, whip up a batch. You will be so glad you did!

See the full recipe here at http://aseasyasapplepie.com/easy-salted-caramel-sauce/

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