Description
Sweet butterscotch sauce elevates desserts with rich, caramel-like magic from classic brown sugar and butter. Drizzled over ice cream or baked goods, this simple sauce brings indulgent warmth to your plate.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup (200 g) brown sugar (light or dark)
- 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
- ½ cup (1 stick / 115 g) unsalted butter
Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
Instructions
- Position a medium saucepan over medium flame and allow butter to transform into a silky liquid, stirring gently to ensure even melting.
- Introduce brown sugar, heavy cream, and salt into the melted butter, whisking continuously to create a harmonious blend of ingredients.
- Elevate the mixture to a gentle, rolling boil, maintaining constant movement with your whisk to prevent any potential scorching or uneven heating.
- Dial down the heat to a soft simmer, allowing the sauce to develop depth and richness for approximately 5-7 minutes, occasionally stirring to monitor consistency and prevent sticking.
- Observe the sauce gradually thickening and developing a luxurious, glossy texture during the simmering process.
- Carefully remove the saucepan from the heat source and infuse the vanilla extract, stirring thoroughly to distribute the aromatic essence throughout the butterscotch sauce.
- Allow the sauce to rest and cool slightly, understanding that it will continue to consolidate and intensify in thickness as the temperature decreases.
- Once the sauce reaches a desirable serving temperature, transfer to a suitable container for drizzling over desserts or storing for future culinary adventures.
Notes
- Experiment with different types of butter like salted or European-style for unique flavor depths in your butterscotch sauce.
- Control the sauce’s consistency by adjusting cooking time; shorter simmering creates a thinner sauce, while longer simmering produces a more luxurious, caramel-like texture.
- Enhance the sauce’s complexity by adding a splash of bourbon or dark rum during the final moments of cooking for an adult-friendly twist.
- Store the sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, gently reheating before serving to restore its smooth, pourable consistency.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 800
- Sugar: 70 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 66 g
- Saturated Fat: 40 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 73 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 200 mg