Homemade Butterscotch Sauce Recipe

Butterscotch Sauce

 Ingredients :

• brown sugar - 1/2 cup*
• unsalted butter - 4 tbs
• fresh cream - 1/2 cup
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• vanilla essence - a few drops

 Method

• add butter into a saucepan
• melt it on low medium heat
• add in sugar and stir well
• add in the cream
• bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes
• turn off the heat and stir in vanilla and salt
• transfer into a container to cool
• you can store it in refrigerator up to 2 weeks

 Notes :

• we may confuse between butterscotch sauce and caramel sauce
• caramel sauce is made with white refined sugar whereas butterscotch sauce is made with brown sugar
• the process of making both are almost similar, but taste wise both are different
• butterscotch sauce is sweeter than caramel sauce
• brown sugar is of two types :- light brown sugar and dark brown sugar, the presence of molasses gives them the distinctive colour and taste
• for this recipe I used light brown sugar, but you can use dark brown sugar as well
• butterscotch thickens as it sits, so do not over - boil the sauce
• you can decide the consistency of the sauce