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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

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — March 4, 2013 at 8:50 am

    These are so festive – love them!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Sprinkles make everything festive 🙂

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    Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — March 4, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    What festive looking cookies! Looks fantastic!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Thanks! Love your new picture!

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    Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — March 4, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Love that you were able to adapt them from an already favorite cookie

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm

      I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve adapted those cookies to fit my needs. They’re awesome.

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    bETH — March 6, 2013 at 10:06 am

    Mixed the dough last night, can’t wait to get home and bake these tonight!

    • beantownbaker — March 6th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm

      Yay! I hope you love them 🙂

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    Vera Zecevic-Cupcakes Garden — March 7, 2013 at 10:22 am

    I’m a huge fan of all sorts of cookies, I am always glad to find new,creative recipe.

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    Sues — March 8, 2013 at 7:48 am

    I love making Funfetti cookies, but have never added chocolate/white chocolate chips. The more the merrier!! 🙂 And they’re super pretty!

    • beantownbaker — March 9th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

      Thanks! Funfetti makes everything better.

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    Katie — September 4, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Can this dough be frozen?

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    google — June 14, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    Wonderful write-up… This is very insightful.
    Keep up the good work

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