A quick and easy homemade caramel sauce recipe made in under 10 minutes with 5 simple ingredients. Drizzle the rich and creamy sauce over ice cream, popcorn, pie, and all your favorite desserts.
Ingredients
⅔cupheavy cream
½cupgranulated sugar
½cuplight brown sugarpacked
½cupsalted butter
1 ½teaspoonsvanilla extract
Instructions
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat together the heavy cream, granulated white sugar, light brown sugar, salted butter, and vanilla extract. Once the butter melts, gently whisk everything together.
Bring the sauce to a gentle boil. It should still have bubbles even when stirred. Once it comes to a boil, stir constantly while simmering for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly (I like to aim for the consistency of light corn syrup).
Remove the pan from the heat and allow it to cool. As it cools, it will thicken more.
Pour the sauce into a lidded glass jar and refrigerate until serving.