Skip to main content

Creamy Caramel Sauce

4.6

(14)

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This recipe originally accompanied Chocolate Soufflés with Creamy Caramel Sauce .

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 3/4 cup

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
6 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

  1. In a heavy saucepan simmer sugar, water, corn syrup, and a pinch salt, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Boil mixture, without stirring, until a golden caramel. Remove pan from heat and add cream and vanilla, stirring until combined well, about 1 minute. Cool sauce to room temperature (sauce will thicken as it cools). Sauce keeps, covered and chilled, 3 weeks. Bring sauce to room temperature before serving.

Read More
We’ve got grilled lemongrass chicken, a fresh tomato michelada, and stonefruit salami panzanella.
Like basil chicken stir-fry and “company-worthy” cod.
Or sauce. Or dip. Or sandwich spread.
Custom cocktail pouches, house beats, and global matchups were the backdrop of a vibrant, cocktail-fueled fête for soccer fans.
Like “spectacular” breakfast shrimp and a lentil scallion salad.
Muddled melon lends a hot pink hue. Call it the drink of the summer if you must!
Turn a pound of ground beef into this hearty, umami stir-fry.
Use summer’s ripest offerings to make this Mexican party bev.