Name: Easy Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 17 min
Ingredients: 1 cup light brown sugar, packed; 1/2 cup half and half; 4 tablespoons butter; pinch salt; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Easy Caramel Sauce | Everything you love about a caramel sauce without the candy thermometer! This Easy Caramel Sauce is so easy to make you’ll want to always have a jar in your fridge. Add to a milk shake, coffee, ice cream, or top a brownie. The choices are endless for this yummy jar of golden deliciousness. To see just how easy it is to make this sauce…..watch the below video.

Easy Caramel Sauce - Lady Behind The Curtain

This Easy Caramel Sauce comes with a WARNING! Once you are finished using the sauce put the lid back on the jar and slowly step AWAY! This is not a beverage and no I didn’t drink from the jar 😉

I used this Easy Caramel Sauce as a drizzle on my Company Brownies.

Easy Caramel Sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup half and half
4 tablespoons butter
pinch salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Mix the brown sugar, half and half, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until it gets thicker.
Add the vanilla and cook another minute to thicken further.
Turn off the heat, cool slightly and pour the sauce into a jar.
Refrigerate until cold.

Notes

This recipe is from Lady behind The Curtain

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Comments

Easy Caramel Sauce — 14 Comments

Jana on April 17, 2013 at 8:57 pm said:

This sounds fairly simple to make and we love caramel sauce drizzled over so many things so I think I’ll give it a try soon. Thanks for sharing. Visiting you from Full Plate Thursday.

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Miz Helen on April 20, 2013 at 8:11 am said:

Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday.
Hope to see you soon!
Miz Helen

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daniella on June 4, 2013 at 5:40 pm said:

Hello!!! I´m new in the kitchen, so a have some questions, what do you mean with 1/2 half and half?

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- Sheryl on June 4, 2013 at 8:23 pm said:
  
  Hi Daniella,
  It is a mixture of half cream and half milk. You will find it in your grocery stores dairy case with the coffee creamers and whipping cream. 🙂
  
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  - Mary B on December 12, 2019 at 6:48 pm said:
    
    Can I use heavy cream?
    
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    - Sheryl on December 13, 2019 at 9:11 am said:
      
      Hi Mary, Yes you can use heavy cream.
      
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      - Mary B on December 21, 2019 at 8:14 am said:
        
        Im making this for our in home church party on Monday. Thankyou for your reply.
      - Sheryl on December 21, 2019 at 8:35 am said:
        
        You’re Welcome Mary…..MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Susan on October 19, 2015 at 11:37 am said:

how can this be stored after it has been placed in the refrigerator until cold–>keep in fridge or pantry shelf is fine for extended storage?

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- Sheryl on October 19, 2015 at 10:11 pm said:
  
  Hi Susan, I keep mine in the refrigerator and microwave is a tiny bit to loosen it up again.
  
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BARBARA HUCK on October 1, 2017 at 1:07 am said:

IF I MADE THIS CARAMEL SAUCE, DO YOU THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO CAN IT IN A WATER BATH OR PRESSURE CANNER? I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CARAMEL SAUCE THAT WOULD HOLD UP TO CANNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY!

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- Sheryl on October 3, 2017 at 2:24 pm said:
  
  Hi Barbara, I’ve never tried it but I think if you only have to have the jars in the boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes the sauce should be fine.
  
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Tina Bell on October 9, 2018 at 4:05 pm said:

I made this sauce will it thicken as it sits?

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- Sheryl on October 9, 2018 at 4:18 pm said:
  
  Hi Tina, Yes as the sauce cools it will thicken.
  
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Easy Caramel Sauce