Homemade Caramel Sauce

 Drizzle this golden caramel sauce over pound cake or ice cream for added deliciousness.

   

Yield: 1 3/4 cups 

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar $
• 1/3 cup water
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/3 cup butter, cut into pieces $
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract $

Preparation

• Combine sugar and water in a large heavy saucepan; cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium-high, and boil gently, without stirring, until syrup turns a deep amber color, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush and swirling pan (about 8 minutes). (Swirling the pan, instead of stirring, promotes more even cooking.) Gradually add cream (sauce will bubble vigorously). Add butter; stir gently until smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.

Christmas With Southern Living 2006, Oxmoor House 
2006    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/homemade-caramel-sauce-10000001923606/