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Easy Homemade Butterscotch Sauce
With this make-ahead recipe for Easy Homemade Butterscotch Sauce your desserts will go from good to outstanding, effortlessly.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ⅔ cup (5floz/142ml) cream
- 4 tablespoons (2oz/57g) butter
- ½ cup (3oz/85g) dark brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ((optional))
Instructions
- 1
Combine all ingredients (except the vanilla and salt) in a heavy bottomed pot.
- 2
Over low heat cook until the sugar has dissolved, do not boil.
- 3
Bring the sauce to a simmer for 3-4 minutes
- 4
Take off the heat and whisk in the salt and vanilla extract.
- 5
Serve warm or store in the fridge for up to 8 weeks.