Butterscotch Sauce Recipe
Creamy, smooth, rich butterscotch sauce is made with brown sugar, butter, and cream and is perfect on ice cream, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, or as a dip.
Servings: 28 servings (or 1 ¾ cups)
Cost: $5
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons (84g) unsalted butter, sliced
- 1 cup (200g) packed brown sugar
- ½ cup (118ml) heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Once melted, add brown sugar and heavy whipping cream. Stir until it boils.
- Once it reaches a full boil, let it sit without stirring for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and salt.
- Transfer to a jar and let cool before covering.
- Sauce with thicken as it cools. If refrigerated it will become a soft solid. To reheat, microwave for about 30 seconds, then stir and use as desired.
Notes
- Because the sauce thickens, this is perfect for using to top cakes, brownies, pies, etc.
- It’s great on ice cream but will solidify a bit as you drizzle it.
- Store in refrigerator, tightly sealed, for up to one week.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.0625cups | Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 45mg | Potassium: 15mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 137IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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