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Summary
This Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce (Salted) is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, cheesecake and any other dessert! Best of all, it's so simple to make with only 3 ingredients and is super delicious with apples and more!
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar (you can also use brown sugar for a thicker caramel like dulce de leche)
- 1/4 cup water
- 10 tablespoons heavy cream (in Canada use whipping cream)
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt or Himalayan Pink Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Some additional tools
- Metal whisk or wooden spoon
- Medium heavy bottomed sauce pan
- Heat safe oven gloves or mitts (optional as the pot gets hot)
- Heat safe glass jar for storing
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 1367 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 129 g 198.18%
- Saturated Fat: 77 g 386.85%
- Trans Fat: 5 g %
- Cholesterol: 323 mg 107.66%
- Sodium: 1207 mg 50.27%
- Calcium: 159 mg 15.95%
- Potassium: 166 mg 4.74%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 8.67%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 46 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 4.04%
- Sugar: 24 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 1 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 81.59%
- Vitamin C 1.5%
- Vitamin D 23.63%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat26
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs3
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq