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Super Simple Caramel Sauce

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup brown sugar ( see below for making your own )
  • 1/2 cup salted butter
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 1 tsp flavour extract ( optional but I really like vanilla )

Instructions
 

  • Stirring constantly at medium-low heat, bring everything other than the extract to a gentle boil.
  • Cook until it thickens, around 5 minutes once it reaches a gentle boil.
  • Add the optional extract, turn off the heat, keep stirring another minute.
  • Remove from heat, and let cool to at most 130F before putting in a jar and refrigerating until cold.

Notes

1 cup brown sugar = 1 cup white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses
The proper way to make caramel sauce is to use white sugar, and heat it until it starts caramelizing ... the easiest and safest way is by cooking the white sugar and water until fully dissolved, then raising the heat to high, bringing to a boil, and let the solution turn to an amber colour, around 8 minutes. Remove from heat, and carefully whisk in 3/4 cup HWC. Once fully incorporated, stir in 3 tbsp salted butter (for bonus points use unsalted butter and add 1 tsp sea salt to make this a salted caramel sauce).