Bourbon Caramel Sauce

This bourbon caramel sauce recipe is just a little boozy but so delicious, especially poured over ice cream.

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I’m almost always in the mood for ice cream. My usual choice is something with chocolate in it, but lately I’ve been wanting vanilla based ice cream but I always have to have some delicious sauce poured on it.

That’s where this bourbon caramel sauce comes in.

I love caramel sauce but sometimes I think it needs something added to it to make it extra delicious and bourbon is the perfect addition.

Try it and see.

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How to make bourbon caramel sauce

Pre-step

Get a medium saucepan and a small saucepan.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – sugar, honey, butter, vanilla and heavy cream.

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I’m not going to show photos of the process because I show them here. So, if you like to see what it should look like, go to that post.

Step two

Add sugar and honey to a saucepan and heat on medium low. Once the sugar melts in the honey, lower the heat to a simmer and place a candy thermometer in the pan.

Step three

In a second saucepan, add cream and heat it on medium.

Step four

Once the cream has heated but before it comes to a boil, add butter, vanilla, salt and bourbon.

Step five

When the butter has melted, add it to the sugar mixture. This is the only time I stir the mixture with a utensil.

Now, I don’t feel like my foolish candy thermometer is working properly today, so, one of the things I do with this recipe, is eyeball it.  No measurement with a thermometer.

Step six

Let the mixture come to a bubble and watch the color. It takes about 10 minutes to thicken up and turn a nice golden color. I swirl the contents of the pan by shaking the pan which is my version of stirring without a utensil.

Step seven

Take the sauce off the heat, pour it into a jar and set it on the counter to let it thicken up. It takes about 2 hours to get to the right consistency.

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Look at that delicious caramel sauce.

Time to spoon some over ice cream.

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I need more.

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Perfect.

I hope you enjoyed this bourbon caramel sauce recipe as much as I enjoyed it on my ice cream.

Other delicious sauces

• Strawberry
• Cherry
• Rhubarb

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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Bourbon Caramel Sauce

This is a slightly boozy delicious caramel sauce.

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Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Sauce

Keyword: bourbon caramel sauce

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 24 tablespoons

Calories: 59kcal

Author: Elaine Benoit

Ingredients

For the Sauce

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2  cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

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Instructions

Make the Sauce

• In a sauce pan, add sugar and honey. Heat on medium until sugars are melted. Lower heat to a simmer
• In a small sauce pan, add cream and heat on medium. Do NOT bring it to a boil. Add butter, vanilla, salt and bourbon. Once the butter has melted, take off heat and add cream mixture to sugar mixture.
• Turn the heat up enough that the sugar mixture bubbles
• Let the mixture turn to a nice golden color and thicken somewhat. Mine took around 10 minutes
• Pour into glass jar and let bourbon caramel sauce cool on the counter for 2 hours
• Pour some bourbon caramel sauce on ice cream
• Eat
• Smile
• Enjoy

Equipment

saucepan

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Notes

I didn’t count the two hours it sat on the counter to thicken.

Nutrition

Serving: 3tablespoons | Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 63mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Calcium: 4mg

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