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Cream cheese stuffed apples with caramel sauce on a decorative plate.

Salted Spiced Caramel Sauce

Bree Hester
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizers & Snacks
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cup
Calories 128 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 Tablespoon sour cream
  • 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1/8 teaspoon fresh nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • In a small saucepan, add the sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir it and transfer it to the stove. Bring the liquid to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil until it becomes an amber color (about 10 minutes).
    Boiling water in a stainless steel pot for baking or cooking purposes.
  • While the sugar is boiling, you should measure out the remaining ingredients. You want to be prepared because when the sugar gets to the right color, you have literal seconds before it burns.
    Boiling caramel sauce in a stainless steel pot on stove.
  • As soon as the liquid is the right color, add the spices, salt, cream, sour cream and butter to the saucepot and whisk. It's normal for the caramel to sputter and spit. Continue whisking. It may seize a little but keep whisking. It will come back together.
    Flour being poured into a pot of simmering beans for cooking.
  • When the sauce is thick and super sticky, remove the saucepan from the stove. I like to serve my caramel sauce with sliced honey crisp apples! Enjoy!
    Sliced apple filled with chocolate caramel dip, garnished with apple wedges, on decorative fabric.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 20gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 167mg
Keyword homemade caramel, how to make caramel, salted spiced caramel
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