How to Make a Heavenly Salted Caramel Glaze

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How to Make a Heavenly Salted Caramel Glaze

Recently I've been obsessed with salted caramel. This is my version of a glaze that can be used to top any dessert :)

Rue J

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Melt the butter in your saucepan on medium heat.

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Add in the brown sugar and stir till it is all wet. Do not over mix. Just swirl the pan every so often.

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Let the mixture come to a boil. Keep an eye on it. Things will happen fast so be ready with your ingredients!

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Keep watching. The mixture will turn from a goopy sand to almost liquid... (Takes about 3-5 mins)

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Almost there...

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Perfect! Now turn down the heat and add the cream and whisk away!

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The sugar will protest. But they will get along soon enough! Just keep whisking!

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Turn the heat back to medium and let the caramel mixture boil for 10 mins. Stirring occasionally.

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It should become a smooth velvety glaze. Turn off the heat and let it cool.

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Now add the vanilla essence and salt. Make sure you taste to see if there is enough salt. It should be equal amounts sweet and salty.

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I like to store in a sqeezy bottle in the fridge. It should keep for a month. Just heat it up in the microwave for a few secs to pour on top of anything you like!

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Here I topped them on some pecan scones. Recipe at: http://thebrownonions.com/?p=304

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Rue J

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4 Tablespoons Unsalted butter

1 Cup Tightly Packed Brown sugar

¾ Cups Whipping cream

1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

1 ½ Teaspoons Sea salt

1 Heavy bottom saucepan

1 Wooden spoon

1 Whisk

Oh my goodness, so good... Thank you so much!!!

Vic & Nic DC 3 weeks ago

@lisa normally it does harden a bit as it cools. You have to heat it up again to get it back to a glaze consistency. Another option is to add more whipping cream.

Rue J (author) 3 months ago

Hi rue, I tried making it today and used dark brown sugar. After it cooled, it became more solidified, not as glazed as yours, at what point did I over cook? Thanks!

Lisa Kwan 3 months ago

Made it yeasterday such a hit! Thanks!!! :-)

Johanna Juul 4 months ago

Yes. It is very easy to burn the sugar. You have to keep a close eye on it. The type of sugar shouldn't matter as much so long as it is granulated. The flavour will change a bit between white and brown though.

Rue J (author) 5 months ago

Same

Ben Booth 5 months ago

I used the wrong sugar or, it burnt

ℐuℓⅈ@ L 5 months ago

Which part? Sugar is very finicky so you have to be careful with it. Let me know which part didn't work and ill try to figure out what went wrong.

Rue J (author) 5 months ago

It didn't work for me :(

ℐuℓⅈ@ L 5 months ago

Dident work

Ben Booth 5 months ago

Awesome stuff! Looking forward to playing with this!!!

Jason Hodge 5 months ago

Looks yum, gonna make it as soon as I have all the ingredients.

ℐuℓⅈ@ L 5 months ago

Gonna make it today yum

janie mcghee 5 months ago

Looks delicious

Dwi Meinawati 5 months ago

Yum yum!

Iron Girl!! 5 months ago

Michelle, as with all guides, the ingredients are listed in the supplies tab at the bottom of the guide. :)

Rue J (author) 5 months ago

Where is the recipe?

Michelle Harris 5 months ago

For sure! The caramel hardens as it cools, so for sure!

Rue J (author) 5 months ago

Can I use for caramel dipped apples?

Lisa Mares 5 months ago

Looks amazing!!!

Brittnee Nonis 5 months ago

Thank you! Best caramel sauce ever!

Jason Chenoweth 6 months ago

Oh! Very good .

Shan State 6 months ago

WORD!!!

Amy Prim-prijatel 6 months ago

@erika salted caramel in coffee would be amazing! Great idea.

Rue J (author) 6 months ago

@christina using milk will work but you will loose some of the flavour. The creaminess comes from the cream! :) maybe try evaporated milk to keep some flavour? Let me know how it turns out.

Rue J (author) 6 months ago

I sure do understand your obsession with salted caramel. It is so good! Try salted caramel gelato if you have a gelato place near you. It's wonderful! I'm going to try your recipe to put on vanilla ice cream. Thank you!

Janice Wells 6 months ago