I have never made caramel sauce before it was one of those things that I think "I'm not a good enough cook to make something like that......it is way to hard". Turns out like the refried beans, I was wrong! It was actually very easy and I cannot get over how much better fresh caramel sauce tastes than the bottled stuff! I really need to get out more often and see the world.
I found this over at Baked Bree. I love her food and her photos are gorgeous. She actually had me a little freaked out about it. Bree had talked about burning herself and a pan making some other caramel dish. I will tell you I understand the burning yourself thing now. When you put the whipping cream in, it bubbles up and you have to keep whisking and it splashes. But keep going it is so worth it....I promise.
I had some left over pineapple from Mother's Day. The first thing that came to mind was Jill's grilled pineapple dessert with this caramel sauce.
Caramel Sauce
Printer~Friendly 1 ½ cups sugar
1/3 cup water
1 ¼ cups heavy cream
½ teaspoon vanilla
Put the sugar into a sauce pan and add the water. Do not stir the sugar. Once dissolved if you stir the sugar it will form crystals up the side of the pan.
Cook the sugar and water over medium heat.
Bring the sugar to a boil. Have your cream and everything ready to go.
When it starts to get to this stage, keep a close eye on it. This takes about 10 minutes.
When it turns a dark golden amber color (350 on a candy thermometer) you are ready to pour in the cream.
It is going to bubble like crazy. Just keep whisking and it will all come together.
Take off the heat and add the vanilla.
Allow the caramel to come to room temperature. It will thicken up as it sits. Keep it in the fridge.
Mine didn't thicken up until it sat in the fridge all night. Look at the color, isn't it gorgeous?
I was disappointed to find out that my leftover pineapple had gone bad. We had to eat the caramel sauce on the ice cream I purchased for Jill's grilled pineapple dessert. 
It was delicious........I will never buy caramel sauce from a jar ever again!
Have a wonderful day!
Denise
xoxo
17 fabulous friends said:
Wow, your pictures are absolutely gorgeous! The caramel sauce looks amazing. Yum. Happy FYBF!
That looks wonderful!
Caramel is my favorite, and I love making it myself!
:)
ButterYum
That looks really good--I'll have to try it!
Perfect sauce for everything! Thanks so much...
OMG major droolage over here. yummo.
Happy FYBF to yah.=)
Oh this looks divine! Like you I"ve always been a bit afraid of making caramel. Really, the worst that can happen is I have to throw it out, right? Your photos have convinced me that I must give this a try. We'll be making ice cream a lot this summer and how awesome to have this as a topping.
WOW that looks as amazing as it sounds!
Thanks for sharing and linking up to I'm Lovin' It! Have a GREAT weekend!
my husband loves caramel sauce -- I love it in caremlitas! Thanks for the recipe.
I'm like you - making caramel scares me! You've inspired me to try! That sauce looks really good!
I recently began making my own caramel sauce as well. I saved the recipe you used and I look forward to trying it within the next week or two!
I am going to try this because it looks so good! Joan
My daughter just asked me 2 nights ago if I could make homemade caramel sauce so I am excited about this! She asked this after trying our hand at homemade chocolate sauce (I'll be posting that recipe soon, it is delish and I am way too excited about it!) Thank for sharing!
Yumm I think I could make this with out messing it up..
My goodness - seriously this looks so good!! Thanks for sharing this recipe! yummy.
This is one to try for sure! Yum!
Yummmmmm! I think that would taste great on toast! ;)
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