brown sugar caramel

This Quick, Homemade Brown Sugar Caramel sauce is my go-to caramel! It&#039;s so quick and easy, uses only 5 ingredients and is ready in under 10 minutes. This sweet, salty, full-of-caramel-flavors caramel (thanks brown sugar) recipe needs zero candy thermometer (YAY!) and  is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, brownies, ice cream or whatever  you&#039;re craving!

Quick Homemade Brown Sugar Caramel

(220 g) dark brown sugar, (packed)

(120 g) heavy whipping cream, (room temperature)

sea salt

To a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan set over medium heat add the brown sugar and butter, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Grab a whisk, and continuously whisk until the butter is completely emulsified into the sugar. If the butter is separated, continue whisking until they&#39;re completely combined and thick. This should take about 3 to 4 minutes.

Continue whisking as you slowly add in cream. It may hiss, boil and spit a bit, so be careful. Turn up the heat to medium-high and continue whisking until it reaches a boil (this should be quick, if it&#39;s not already boiling) and then immediately reduce to medium-low heat for about 5 minutes or until thickened, whisking the entire time. Reduce the heat to low if it starts to boil again.

Take off of the heat and stir in the salt and vanilla and set aside to cool, whisking periodically. The caramel will thicken as it cools. See storage info in the Notes section below!

With three basic ingredients and fewer than 10 minutes, you can whip up the most luxurious homemade caramel of your life! Whether it's used as a dipping sauce for apples or a topping for ice cream, this sweet Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce will steal the stage.

Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce

(1 stick) butter

brown sugar

heavy cream

Add brown sugar and heavy cream and whisk constantly over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.

Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 3 minutes, no more.

Remove from heat and allow to cool. Store in refrigerator.

I’ve made this 5-6 times with flawless results!!  Made it today and it was a gloopy sugary mess :/  Maybe I didn’t cook it long enough?  I always double the recipe and it works great. 

I just made it and it is wonderful!!! I've made many versions of caramel glaze/sauce, but I really like this one!! It's less work!!!

Super easy and good. I added a pinch of sea salt at the end.

This sauce looks delicious! I may have to try your method – I haven’t had too much luck making my own in the past.

Wow! I’ve had so much trouble trying to make caramel, but this batch came out perfectly! This recipe is practically fool proof and tastes amazing!!! 

My kids love this recipe! They decided this is what they wanted to make for teacher Christmas gifts.

I thought I ruined it at first. I didn't stir constantly for the 3 mins. After reading comments, I put it back on the burner for 2 mins &amp; added 2 tablespoons more of heavy cream &amp; it was saved!! I served immediately over the cold cheesecake I made last night &amp; Happy New Years Eve to me!!! 
This is my new favorite caramel sauce!! Ty for sharing!!

Looks great.  Just got finished making some caramel and pecan praline today for fudge.  I did a 1:4 ratio heavy cream to sugar (white sugar) - no butter.  Learned how to make it this way from a Chef I worked for a few years ago.  Turned out really good - I may have to give this one a try one day.  Thanks for posting!

hi may i know how long can the caramel be kept for and can i use whip topping as heavy cream??

Wonderful recipe. I was looking for something easy for my daughters to try after they kept burning my pots using traditional white sugar caramel. They easily made it with little help. Added benefit that I didn't have to fix crystallized sugar for them. So easy and simple and made 2 girls happy to finally be able to make caramel.

I'm a disaster in the kitchen, I under cook and burn things...at the same time. So when I attempted this last night I expected the worst. But it was so easy!! I've never made caramel, but I know a good caramel when I try it and this is SO good. Thank you for the simple, yet wonderful recipe.

Just made this and boy is it delicious!! I didn’t have cream so I substituted it for 2%milk and a bit and cornstarch and viola! Will definitely make this again. Thank you!

Easy recipe to follow and I believe it's cool proof,  I Love this recipe. I've always got the ingredients in the kitchen  🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟

I love this recipe too.  So much easier than using the recipe with white sugar, and tastes just as good.

I ran out of brown sugar so I used coconut palm sugar instead. Very tasty!

This was so easy and so delicious! Way better than using the white sugar and I can never get that one right. I always end up burning it. But this?? This is my new go to!

Love how the smell and the taste of your recipe thank you for sharing this super simple caramel sauce

I have a question pls! Is brown sugar caramel sauce the same thing as butterscotch sauce?

I love this recipe! its smooth and sweet. thankyou so much! (it goes PERFECTLY with my ice cream!)

Love this recipe, so easy. You can add Kari light corn syrup to recipe for caramel apples.

soooo unbelievably easy, i never knew.
now to find an equally easy butterscotch syrup recipe!!

I don’t usually comment on recipes but this one is amazing! I drizzled this on some apple slices and it gave me the caramel apple taste I wanted without the mess! Thank you! 😋❤️

This is the recipe I was searching for! Just perfect caramel in 5 minutes, and only 3 ingredients too! Would've saved myself a lot of burnt sugar, tears and pain from whisking over the stovetop if I found this earlier. Thank you for this beautiful recipe!

I am going to make this tonight. My only question is Salted? Or Unsalted butter?

Come on guys it’s just caramel but its soooo good

As always another awesome recipe and so simple

Awesome recipe made this to go with your awesome brown butter pecan cheesecake which is off the hook delicious 😋 as always an awesome recipe. Thank you.

Ok!  Did it. Great easy sauce. I halfed it and had a nice amount for dipping my apple slices

I browned the butter. Took it off heat and added brown sugar and cream, then hit it with emersion blender to make it smooth. Put it back on heat, once the edges started bubbling I started a 3 minute timer. I poured the caramel mixture into another cold pot to stop cooking and added vanilla and about 10 drops of fresh lemon juice. I believe that all caramels need a few drops of acid. Apple cider vinegar works too. 
I usually always make the standard white sugar caramel and actually had 3 failed attempts before using this recipe and it is very good. 
This caramel will be topping a 3 layer dark chocolate and coconut cake. I would have used it in between the layers but the cake is already in a crumb coat in the fridge.

Can you please share why my Carmel becomes  grainy after cooling, placing in the fridge then reheating

I didn’t experience any grainy texture, like others have said. Mine is 100% smooth and tastes amazing. 
I used it for adding to a caramel buttercream to use on top of butter tart stuffed cupcakes

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