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Quick and Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

A versatile sauce good on its own and in or on ice cream, brownies, cookies, cupcakes! Customize to your liking with ingredients you probably already have on hand!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: caramel sauce, homemade caramel, how to make caramel sauce
Servings: 1.5 cups
Author: Ainseanlea @ The Stush Kitchen

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Equipment

  • 1 saucepan

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Heat up heavy cream in microwave or in a separate saucepan until hot.
  • Add sugar and lemon juice to a saucepan and, over low-medium heat, stir constantly until sugar is completely melted and has reached soft-ball stage (see blog post)
  • Once sugar has reached soft-ball stage, add hot heavy cream and butter to sugar syrup and continue to stir until mixture is smooth.
  • Remove from heat and pour into a heat-resistant jar. Allow to cool a bit before serving & enjoy!
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