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drizzling butterscotch sauce over vanilla ice cream in white bowl

Easy Homemade Salted Butterscotch Sauce

Yield: 10 servings (2 1/4 cups total)
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (212 g) packed light or dark brown sugar
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup (113 g) butter (I use salted)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions 

  • In a medium saucepan, add the brown sugar, cream, butter, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat until the butter is melted, stirring occasionally. Increase the heat to medium, bring the mixture to a simmer, and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Off the heat, stir in the vanilla. The sauce will be thin but will thicken as it cools.
  • Pour the sauce into a jar or bowl to cool. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • Warm lightly (don't bring to simmer or boil or it can separate or turn grainy) before serving or serve straight from the refrigerator. Serve over ice cream, pie, blondies or whatever treat calls for butterscotch sauce!

Notes

Brown Sugar: the sauce will be quite a bit darker in color if using dark brown sugar. 
Heavy Cream: I use Darigold 40% heavy cream.