Sir until it is incorporated. Anyway to make the sauce more thick to be able to put it in the center of the cupcake? How to store spinach to extend its shelf life? But I have a challenge,heavy cream is hard to find here )-: . I hope that helps!!! Am i right? Once all the sugar has melted watch your caramel like a hawk; swirling the pan occasionally. I have never tried to freeze caramel sauce, but I don’t see why you couldn’t. Thanx. Warm in the microwave 30 seconds before serving. If the sauce is too thin, you can cook it longer and it will thicken up. But the mixture is really darkening so quickly on me! I am so glad you enjoyed it! , Overall great recipe, and easy to make. It would be delicious with apples. There is a sliding scale of acceptable caramel flavor. I think the French would disagree. WHile I use grams exclusively at work, I do not have time to convert all my recipes on AHC to grams. 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If the crystals are too large then they won’t dissolve and you will have salt at the bottom. But more than half was okay so I just used strainer. To make salted caramel sauce, simply add 1/2 teaspoon of fine sea salt (or more to taste). Do you have a suggestion to transition this caramel to the thicker type to use in a chocolate covered candy? GOSH…this recipe could change a girl’s mind! When you make caramel using the dry method (aka without water) parts of the sugar will melt faster especially if you are using an induction stove. About to attempt for dinner guests tonight to dip apples in (caramel fondu, I wanted to do toffee apples in honour of Halloween but just discovered dear husband doesn’t like them!). Seriously, this looks amazing! I have the same feelings about caramel sauce as you! I’ll test it with fine sea salt and see what my suggested measurement would be. It’s so delicious! I would not try to make this in any larger batch than as written. Try preheating your pan on high or medium high if using a big burner on a gas stove. It sounds like you are using an electric burner which will exacerbate all these problems because the heat is inconsistent and uneven to begin with. Hmmm plastic and caramel…bad plan. The heat is uneven and the burner turns off and on to maintain a “consistent” heat, which is never consistent. Hi Chrissy! Ok well after 2 more attempts I’ve managed to get much less clumping when I do it the way you described with less mixing! Lol! Add the butter and cream when the caramel hits your desired level of “burnt”. Can this sauce be turned into firmer caramel candy if cooked to a higher temp after adding the cream when the sauce is done like other caramel candy recipes call for ? And like I said im also really struggling to get first the butter and then the cream to incorporate smoothly the butter really just stays liquid apart from the sugar ! the explanation says I should add sea salt immediately after adding cream and butter and after that stir until it melt? I vigorously swirl my pot to try and distribute the melting sugar and help it melt more evenly. the best way to caramelize the sugar that I have found is using the microwave: add a tablespoon of water and cook for about 5 minutes – it depends on the strength of your microwave, so the first time you have to watch it very carefully…. Salty sweet perfection! So I tried to make Carmel all in one night. I’m looking for a caramel recipe that i can pipe though…is it possible to pipe this on to a cake? I like to think of it as if sugar “wants” to be in crystal form and we are coaxing it into a different state. OMG, over the top!! There are scientific reasons why I do not add the corn syrup to the sugar before it is hydrated but I’ll spare you! I think the temperature is a little high for people with gas stoves. If you leave crystals on the side of the pot then they can fall into the caramel and cause it to crystallize. So all i can say is: thank you for sharing this lovely recipe :*. So you can try a few things. ( so then the first time I attempted to whisk the butter for a few minutes to get it to incorporate and everything seized up real hard so I couldn’t even add the cream ) but the second time I add the cream right away even though the butter had not come together with the melted sugar and the mixture only starts to smooth out after 5 minutes of hard whisking over medium heat but even then I am left with big clumps of the original sugar mixture that never incorporated well with the butter and cream at first!!! Melville's chain of thought in the "great democratic God" passage in "Moby-Dick". I like really dark, rich caramel so I let mine get a dark amber before I add my butter and cream. I think it’s worth the splurge! Caramel can be tricky! There are two different methods for making caramel. I hope you do try it, Flo! 170g butter Oh no!!! I made the mistake of stirring it and then had fun cleaning out the “harder than granite” sugar rocks. This can happen if granules of sugar fall into the already melted caramel (like from the sides of the pot) and then are agitated (stirred, swirled, whisked). I can’t get my head around the fact that it will melt?! Let me know how it goes! Back to the stove! Can it be frozen…. Hi! The same thing happens when you add cold butter and cream to the hot sugar; the cold will shock the syrup and chill parts of it creating crystals. , The best ever I have tasted !!!! This is the bomb at my bakery it is selling like crazy of course I used salted butter and no salt great for my bombs. […] American Heritage Cooking: The Best Salted Caramel Sauce […], This looks like the most deliciously, thick caramel sauce ever! I hope that helps! It came out perfect the first time! I think this is what you are intending to ask. What do you think I did wrong? Have you tried canning this? Oh my! Take heart: The problem is not you and your caramel making skills; the problem is your electric cooktop. I am so happy to hear that, Ann!! The second time I tried you recipe and the sugar did not melt all the way when it started burning. […]. It will start to melt immediately, then sprinkle on more. Clothesline sagging even though it was properly tighten. If it it taking awhile for the sugar to melt you can add in a Tablespoon of water. Whisk until all the cream is incorporated and then whisk in the fleur de sel. And all i can say now is: oh my god, my taste buds are in heaven <3 <3 <3. But before I did I read most of the comments which were a lot. I just searched for "shelf stable caramel sauce" This is a link to the website for the recipe using strawberry puree instead of cream for caramel. Since I wrote that, I went to culinary school so I have been meaning to go back and update that post with even more helpful hints! Thank you for leaving a comment and review. but after that it is totally problem free, consistent results and magically easy! If there was a swimming pool full of this homemade caramel sauce, I would dive right in. I would use less cream and butter to get a pipeable caramel. I had to add a lot of vanilla essence to get rid of the buttery smell. I have had more luck using the dry method. Cream makes it stay looser and pourable and gives it a little creamier taste. Thanks for sharing! Make sure you have somewhere to pour the caramel to stop the cooking process. I will have to add your #1 and #2 suggestions to my list! I’ve tried a lot of salted caramel sauces and I feel qualified to make this designation. I find it best to add the salt once you’ve transferred the caramel to a jar. It will create a syrup but it will be a bit grainy unless hot. There is actually quite a bit of discussion about caramels on the internets, if you want to compare your recipe to what others have tried. I’ve done my share of screwing up caramel. I’m wondering if it’s taking too long to cook and that’s why it’s getting dark? Happy baking! She layered each of the SIX ingredients for the Hello Dolly Bars and then she helped make the from-scratch caramel sauce for the Salted Caramel Butter Bars. Want to improve this question? It’s great on ice cream, bars, cakes, and just about anything else. Everything went exactly like your description (until I dropped the butter spoon into the caramel) and the sauce came out perfectly!! Add details and clarify the problem by editing this post. This stuff is pure liquid gold! So I decided to give it another try. This does look wickedly good. Hope this helps! But if i calculate correctly it would be: 240g sugar You are most welcome! The other recipe you tried – the one with the cream that never set – you just need to put it back on the heat and keep cooking it to thicken it. I’m so sorry that happened. Amazing tips. Hi Roxanne! I’ve never been a caramel fanatic…I’m a peanut butter junkie…but, OH. Thanks! Now I realize how little I know about ‘salted caramel’ — there’s a whole science behind it lol !!! I am suuuuch a failure….. From the very light in color and, in my opinion, light on taste to the al […], Sea Salted Caramels Half Dozen Champagne Strawberries, […] amel that I prefer. These days I now heat my butter, cream and salt in a small saucepot to melt the butter and heat the cream, so that it will incorporate better without seizing. I am soooo happy to hear that your caramel came out (almost) perfectly! I’ve always been scared to try make caramel sauce myself but the need got too great and your instructions were so clear and detailed, I got confident and ran out to get some cream and a (huge) tub of tin roof! When sugar melts its physical state changes and if a sugar crystal is introduced to this melted sugar it could cause the entire batch to recrystalize. I think I remember you having a banana bread that was dripping in caramel. What a great recipe! From the very light in color and, in my opinion, light on taste to the almost burnt, dark, sultry caramel that I prefer. It is delicious! I’ve paraphrased the instructions below, […], I had lived in this house for almost 25 years when I finally got a gas stove. It came out perfect…, Thanks for stopping back to tell me, CJ! I’m going to try it soon with an apple pie (or perhaps a crumble). I am thinking of serving it drizzled over plain cheesecake. A caramel fondu sounds delicious too. That’s correct. Do you think I could do half brown sugar and half white? It will be making several cameo appearances soon!