This 6-Minute Small Batch Salted Caramel Sauce is so easy and makes just enough!!! Made with just 5 simple ingredients, you’ll want to make this all the time!
Easy Caramel Recipe
It’s that time of year where I want salted caramel EVERYTHING. It’s such a cozy treat! Be it drizzled over your coffee… or straight into your mouth. If you’ve been looking for an easy way to slip into the salted caramel game, this recipe is here for you. No thermometer needed, No fancy ingredients, and No hours of waiting and waiting and waiting. All you need is six minutes and five ingredients!This recipe calls for:
- sugar
- water
- butter
- cream
- and salt.
You can add a splash of vanilla or bourbon at the end, but if you’re watching money and not trying to spend a lot, the sauce will be just as dreamy minus the vanilla. And that’s a promise!
That said, I sometimes add a little splash of Madagascar bourbon vanilla and HOLY SMOKES. It’s so good.
This recipe makes a VERY small batch of caramel because as much as I love salted caramel, it’s one of those things I would rather make fresh and use up all in one shot. Trust me when I say having a giant sticky jar of seductive sweetness lurking in the back of your fridge isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. Have you ever tried getting cold caramel from the depths of a mason jar? Not a fun way to spend the evening. No no no. Lucky for us, I’ve got a solution. Six minute small batch salted caramel sauce.
So now you can have warm, sticky, sweet and salty caramel sauce ready in just SIX minutes! And it makes just enough for two hearty servings! We like to drizzle this over ice cream… or brownies… or lattes… or well, basically anything! So, what will you drizzle your batch over?! Let me know! xo
P.S. This sauce cooks REALLY fast so I don’t recommend leaving it unattended while it’s on the stove. No one wants burnt caramel if their life… I know this from experience 😉
This recipe was updated on 10/22/2018!
I hope you love this quick salted caramel sauce as much as we do!!! If you make it, let me know below!
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6-Minute Small Batch Salted Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt
- Dash of vanilla or bourbon, optional
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat whisk together sugar and water and bring to a boil. Cook until sugar has dissolved, about 1 minute.
- Reduce heat to a simmer. Add in butter and whisk until combined. Simmer until the mixture turns a deep amber color, about 5 minutes.Â
- Remove from heat and carefully whisk in the cream (it will bubble up ferociously after you add it!). Whisk until well combined. Whisk in salt.Â
- Pour caramel into a heatproof jar. Allow it to cool a few minutes before using.
Sheri says
OMG tnis is amazing. I made it for your chocolate sslted caramel cake for my daughters birthday. I hope I have enough caramel for ths cake LOL. I had to put my spoon in the dishwasher so I’d quit “sampling” it. I refrigerated it over night & it’s not gritty. Not sure why others are getting grit. Anyway, this is easy & amazing. I will never buy carmel sauce again. Thank you.
Quyen says
I made this yesterday and I couldn’t stop licking the spoon! I did use sea salt instead. The sweet and salty was perfect! This is going into my macaron filling with vanilla buttercream. Thank you so much for this recipe! Fast and easy!
bakerbynature says
You’re very welcome! So happy it was a hit – and those macarons sound AMAZING!
JOY MELTON says
Made a double batch today for a pot luck. Terrific. Definitely a keeper.
bakerbynature says
So happy to hear it, Joy 🙂
Arthur says
If anyone likes orange flavored caramel, try it with Grand Marnier.Wow!
Michael Holden says
Wow, this is fab with pannacotta. But it’s actually butterscotch, I though butterscotch and salted caramel taste a bit different. A bit of googling and it does seem more of a butterscotch but kept pourable. 5 stars for the recipe!
Hannah says
Hi..can i share it..thanks
Brenda says
Does this recipe make enough to use with your German Apple Cake? I’m making it for book club tonight, and thought the recipe looked great. Just need to know if this small batch is enough to to drizzle over the whole 9″ cake. Thank you!
bakerbynature says
Hi Brenda. I would advise making two batches if you want enough for each slice of cake 🙂
Deborah says
Ok so I tried the Bobby Flays salted caramel and I thought it would be perfect. But it is nothing compared to your caramel sauce!!!!! You are the Queen of Caramel!!! It was so much easier and tasted incredible. Thank you for changing the way I make caramel.
Paola says
Is this caramel good for making turtles? Does it thickens enough??
bakerbynature says
Hi Paola. I’ve never tried making candy with this recipe. Typically I use it right away, since it’s such a small amount.
Karla says
Can you double this recipe