Easy Homemade Butterscotch Sauce

This Easy Homemade Butterscotch Sauce is smooth and creamy. It can be used as a topping for ice cream, as a filling for cakes and to make Butterscotch Buttercream.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Cool Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Calories 219kcal

Author Meghan

Ingredients

4 tablespoons salted butter
1 cup brown sugar light or dark, packed
¼ cup plus 6 tablespoons heavy cream divided
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
sea salt optional

Instructions

Melt the butter, brown sugar, and ¼ cup heavy cream in a saucepan, stirring until smooth.
4 tablespoons salted butter, 1 cup brown sugar
Without stirring, let the mixture cook at a bubbling simmer for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in the remaining 6 tablespoons heavy cream.
Allow the sauce to cool for about 10 minutes, then stir in the vanilla.
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional: add sea salt to taste.
Use immediately or store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Notes

Store sauce in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Reheat slowly on stovetop before serving. Sauce should be served warm.

Nutritional information is only an estimate and will vary based on your ingredients and substitutions.

Source: adapted from David Lebovitz

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