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Mixing homemade salted caramel in a glass container.
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Homemade Salted Caramel

This recipe is how to make salted caramel easily! This recipe is super full of butter and cream.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 140kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup White granulated sugar
  • 5 tablespoon Unsalted butter room temperature. Cubed.
  • ½ cup Heavy cream room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  • In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, pour in the sugar. Let the sugar melt until you start to see it starting to melt. Then, whisk the sugar. Whisk continuously until all the sugar is melted. It will clump at first, but it will smooth out.
    1 cup White granulated sugar
  • Let the melted sugar sit until it turns amber in color. This takes 10-15 seconds. Remove from the heat.
  • Pour in half of the cubed butter and whisk until melted, it will bubble a lot. Repeat with rest of the butter.
    5 tablespoon Unsalted butter
  • Pour in half of the heavy cream and whisk until combined. Repeat with the rest of the heavy cream. Add the salt and vanilla and mix. Then, pour the hot caramel into a glass container. Let it cool completely before using.
    ½ cup Heavy cream, 1 teaspoon Salt, ½ teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

Nutrition

Calories: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 197mg | Potassium: 11mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 292IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.02mg