Making Caramel is Scary
Boiling all these sugars and fats together can be intimidating. This is why you should use a heavy-duty 4 quart pot. When it boils on high, stir it and quicky turn the heat to medium-high and make sure the bubbles don’t overflow. From there, getting up to temperature will take a little bit. I too was scratching my head when I first made it.
I like to believe caramel sauce is like one of the mother sauces in baking industry. I say believe because I don’t know shit. What I do know is that this sauce should be a staple in your shelf/refrigerator. It’s great with ice cream, pies, cookies, and especially coffee.
This caramel sauce bring a light apple cider donut flavor with a touch of saltiness to brighten the flavor on your tongue. Rich and delicious 😋did I also mention this keeps for a while, if it even makes it that long.
Kitchen Notes
- Time on the stove will depend on what kind of stove you have. If you are using an induction, it will happen at a much faster rate
- Don’t leave this unattended, EVER! It can easily burn and nobody like burnt caramel
- Use high quality ingredients.
Kitchen Equipment
- Kitchen Scale – Food52 ($49.99)
- Spatula – Target ($10.99)
- Heavy pot – Food52 ($279.95)
- Candy Thermometer – Target ($17.99)
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Apple Caramel Sauce
This easy to make and super tasty! Screams fall but this is something you can have year around and it keeps well in the fridge
- kitchen scale
- Spatula
- heavy pot
- thermometer
- 227 grams heavy cream
- 156 grams light corn syrup
- 198 grams white sugar
- 43 grams unsalted butter
- 170 grams apple cider
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp ginger (ground)
- 0.25 tsp allspice (ground)
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon (ground)
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Combine the cream, corn syrup, sugar, butter, and apple cider in a large heavy-bottom, deep saucepan.
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Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar
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Reduce to medium-high heat and cook, without stirring until the mixture reaches 226 F to 230 F on a candy thermometer, 15-25 minutes
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Remove the pan from the heat; stir in the salt and spice
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Pour the hot mixture into the prepared pan.
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Let it stand for 12-18 hours at room temperature before cutting into 1"squares
