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The Best Butterscotch Sauce Recipe

The Best Butterscotch Sauce Recipe

The Best Butterscotch Sauce Recipe is one that keeps it simple; both in the ingredients and in the instructions.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup real dairy butter salted
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • pics sea salt optional

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat and then stir in the brown sugar. The darker the brown sugar you use the deeper the flavour of your sauce. I've used a light brown sugar in this instance because I was serving it with a molasses pudding and didn't want to overpower the flavour of the dessert. To serve over Ice cream, I would likely use a dark brown sugar.
  2. Cook the brown sugar and butter until it begins to foam and then add the whipping cream, vanilla extract and salt.
  3. Bring to a slow simmer for about 7 minutes but no longer. Allow the sauce to cool completely before serving it.
  4. Store any leftover sauce in a mason jar or other sealed container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.