Decadently delicious recipe, incredibly easy to make, and also very difficult to resist. Try this with coffee ice cream and salted pecans, it’s a wonderful combination!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup granulated sugar
6 Tbs. salted butter, room temperature, cut into 6 pieces
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. fleur de sel (or any coarse sea salt)
DIRECTIONS
Heat granulated sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly with a high heat resistant rubber spatula or wooden spoon. Sugar will form clumps and eventually melt into a thick brown, amber colored liquid as you continue to stir, be careful not to burn.
Once sugar is completely melted, immediately add the butter; be careful in this step because the caramel will bubble rapidly when the butter is added.
Stir the butter into the caramel until it is completely melted, about 2-3 minutes; a whisk helps if you find the butter is separating from the sugar.
Very slowly, drizzle in 1/2 cup of heavy cream while stirring (since the heavy cream is colder than the caramel, the mixture will rapidly bubble and/or splatter when added). Allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute, it will rise in the pan as it boils.
Remove from heat and stir in the salt, allow to cool down a bit before using. This fills two 8 ounce canning jars and makes wonderful hostess gifts. The canning jar also makes reheating easy since it can go right in the microwave.
Note: At first glance, this may seem daunting, but it really is pretty quick. Read through the whole recipe before starting and once you start it only takes about 10-15 minutes total.
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