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I made this easy caramel sauce (emphasis on unbelievably luscious) yesterday for the thousandth hundredth millionth time, and while it appears on this website as part of this Ice Cream Pie recipe (which, incidentally, was posted almost exactly four years ago, which was approximately four years after I started blogging, which means I’ve almost been doing this website blogging internet web crazy thing for 8 years, which means my jeans don’t fit), I realized that I’ve never posted the recipe for the sauce by itself. And it’s just so wonderful, so incredibly delicious, so easy…I wanted to right that wrong immediately so that it could be easily available for whatever desserts you need it for.

 
 
 

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The sauce is ridiculously easy: Just combine brown sugar, butter, half-and-half OR heavy cream, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan.

(I used heavy cream in this recipe because I was out of half-and-half. Cream makes the sauce thicker, but either one is fine.)

 
 
 

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Bring it to a boil over medium-low to medium heat, and continue letting it bubble gently for several minutes, or until slightly thickened.

(*Note: I’m not using some magical cutting board here; I quickly brought my saucepan over to the cutting board by the window so I could show it in the best light. It’s a foodblogging thing.)

 
 
 

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It takes almost no time at all for it to be perfect! It really should be called “Brown Sugar Sauce” because you’re not actually going through the whole process of caramelizing…but for all intents and purposes…it’s caramel!

Do you say care-uh-mell?

Or do you say car-muhl?

Or do you say car-uh-muhl?

(I say the second one.)

(I’m weird like that.)

 
 
 

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Next, just grab the dessert that was supposed to be freezing/setting in the freezer, even though it’s still got 3 hours left before you’re supposed to slice into it, because you are a foodblogger and it’s almost 5:00 p.m. and if you don’t get this shot now, it isn’t going to happen.

 
 
 

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Don’t stress out if you slice into said dessert and it crumbles a bit. The caramel sauce is going to make it all better, and in seconds you just won’t care.

It’s delicious! Make it anytime you need a little caramel sauce in your life and you don’t want to slave over a hot stove for very long. And you can serve it hot, warm, or cold…it’s great no matter what.

Here’s the link to the handy dandy printable!

Easy Caramel Sauce