This delicious Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce offers that perfect balance of salty sweetness! Make it from the comfort of your home in just 15 minutes and serve with your favorite treats.
In a heavy saucepan, melt together the butter and brown sugar.
Cook for a couple minutes until mixture is bubbly and combined.
Gently whisk in heavy whipping cream, pouring slowly as mixture may bubble up. For a light and thin caramel sauce (great for drinks or pouring over ice cream/desserts), remove saucepan from heat. For a darker and/or thicker caramel, simmer for several more minutes until desired golden color is reached.
Once removed from the heat, stir in vanilla extract and a pinch of salt, if desired.
Transfer to a heat-proof container and allow to cool to room temperature. Cover with a lid and store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
Notes
Recipe yields approximately 1 ½ cups.The caramel sauce thickens while cooling and the longer you simmer the sauce, the thicker it will become. Once the caramel has cooled completely, it may no longer be of pourable consistency. To get it back to a pourable consistency, simply reheat it for a few seconds in the microwave.This recipe is a somewhat non-traditional method for making caramel sauce since you’re not caramelizing granulated sugar as you would in a traditional recipe. No thermometer is required and you can make this caramel sauce in a matter of minutes or you can cook it longer for a deeper caramel.This recipe is pretty foolproof. If, for whatever reason, you happen to produce a grainy consistency in your sauce, simply reheat the caramel and add a bit of acid (lemon juice) or light corn syrup, which should react with the sugar crystals and smooth everything out.