Salted Maple Caramel Sauce (easy recipe!)
Salted Maple Caramel Sauce is the discovery of the season in our house. With only 4 ingredients and no sugar or corn syrup this luxurious dessert sauce comes together in just 10 minutes. Oh joy! (What will you do with yours?)
Servings: 10 servings (1 1/4 cups total)
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Equipment
- candy thermometer
Ingredients
- 1 cup maple syrup, the real stuff!
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 tsp sea salt, or kosher salt
Instructions
- Put the maple syrup into a medium saucepan with a heavy bottom. Fit the pan with a clip on candy thermometer. You'll need a pan tall enough to allow the maple syrup to foam up as it boils. The heavy bottom helps prevent scorching. Most good quality saucepans will work.
- Bring the syrup to a boil over high heat and boil until it reaches 225F - 230F, this is just under the softball stage.
- Remove from heat and add the butter, stirring until it melts. Then add the cream and salt and mix in gently. Note: the mixture will be very hot. Do not stir too much, just enough to blend the butter and cream. Too much stirring can cause the mixture to crystallize.
- Pour into a heat safe jar and let cool before refrigerating. It will thicken as it cools, and will thicken further in the refrigerator. This recipe makes just over a cup.
Notes
Don't try this with imitation syrup, it will only work with pure maple syrup.
Recipe lightly adapted from American Heritage Cooking
Nutrition
Serving: 2 Tbsp · Calories: 127 kcal · Carbohydrates: 22 g · Protein: 0.2 g · Fat: 4 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 0.1 g · Cholesterol: 13 mg · Sodium: 81 mg · Potassium: 79 mg · Sugar: 19 g · Vitamin A: 157 IU · Vitamin C: 0.04 mg · Calcium: 40 mg · Iron: 0.04 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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