Salted Caramel Sauce
Caramel sauce might be one of Hubby’s favorite things ever. He will always choose a caramel treat over a a chocolatey treat. I’ve just recently gotten more comfortable making my own caramel sauce. It actually is so much easier than I thought it was. Having a candy thermometer is a must for making caramel at home. But that’s really all you need. If you haven’t made your own caramel sauce, do it. Trust me, it’s worth the minimal effort required.
I ended up making a triple batch of this salted caramel during the holidays. I ordered some cute jars online and gave them away as gifts to some family members. Hubby also enjoyed a bunch of this caramel sauce heated up over vanilla ice cream.
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Salted Caramel Sauce
Salted caramel sauce is easier to make than you could ever imagine. And it makes a great gift!
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients:
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 cup heavy cream
2 Tbsp cold unsalted butter
1 tsp fleur de sel
Directions:
Add water to a 2-qt saucepan. Gently add the sugar to the center of the pot - it will mound, that's fine. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
Once boiling, uncover the pot and insert a candy thermometer. Continue cooking until the mixture registers 300 F and is just starting to develop some color, about 15 minutes.
Reduce heat under the pot to medium and cook until the syrup is amber and registers 350 F on the thermometer, about another 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, pour the cream into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. If it simmers before the syrup is ready, just take it off the heat and set aside.
Remove the caramel from the heat and add about 1/4 of the warm cream to the pot. It will bubble furiously so be careful. Once the bubbling subsides, add the remaining cream. When it stops bubbling, whisk gently to incorporate fully. Add the butter and the salt and whisk to combine.
Refrigerate up to 1 month.
Recipe from Cook's Illustrated, as seen on Erin's Food Files
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
How big a bottle of Guinness, please? (I’m not a beer person and I never stock beer so I’d really love to know, please!)
Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thank you, and warm regards,
jill
beantownbaker — July 14th, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
Sorry, I’ll update the recipe. A bottle of Guinness has 11.2oz in it.
Now if only I knew where to procure mustard seeds from… I love mustard and would love to make some at home, too!
beantownbaker — July 16th, 2013 @ 8:36 am
I buy mine at Penzey’s. We have one really close to our house in Cincinnati now, but they also have a website you can order from. Or you could check out Amazon.
I bookmarked this. I’ve been wondering how to make mustard from scratch. Thanks!
beantownbaker — July 16th, 2013 @ 8:36 am
It’s definitely worth making at home!
WOW! This does sound easy!
beantownbaker — August 1st, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
It’s beyond easy 🙂
My boyfriend loves Guinness mustard. We used to be able to buy it from a farm shop in the UK, but I think they’ve stopped making it. So glad I found this recipe, I made it last night. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Thanks so much for posting!
beantownbaker — December 9th, 2013 @ 5:46 pm
Let me know what you guys think of it! I’m in the process of making a HUGE batch to package up for holiday gifts for friends.
He loved it. It made quite a lot as well, so I’ve already handed a few jars to friends as a gift! Really tasty x
He loved it! It made quite a lot as well, so I’ve already handed a few jars to friends as gifts. Really tasty x
beantownbaker — December 10th, 2013 @ 4:56 pm
So glad you guys liked it!
You’ve won me major brownie points with this!! He now thinks I’m the best girlfriend ever!
beantownbaker — December 17th, 2013 @ 10:57 am
That’s awesome to hear!!
Could you hot water bath can this?
beantownbaker — January 2nd, 2014 @ 1:35 pm
Yep! I did just that for holiday gifts this year.
10 minutes processing time?
beantownbaker — January 4th, 2014 @ 10:35 am
Yep, that’s what I did.