This is the easiest way to take a dessert from ordinary to extraordinary. This stovetop sauce comes together in under 5 minutes. It’s easier than making caramel sauce, and with a deep buttery flavor it tastes even better!
Toffee sauce recipe overview
5 basic ingredients
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Heavy cream
- Vanilla
- Salt
One quick step
Simmer butter brown sugar, cream, and salt on the stovetop. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
Toffee sauce vs caramel sauce
Toffee sauce is a bit more buttery and a touch less sweet than traditional caramel sauce.
Caramel is made from melted white sugar along with cream and butter. The base of toffee sauce is brown sugar dissolved (not melted) into cream and butter.
Toffee sauce is one of the easiest sauces you can make and no special tools or techniques are needed.
What to put toffee sauce on
- Apple crumb cake
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Apple cheesecake bars
- Apple crisp
- Brownies
- Churro cheesecake
- Apple pie
- Ice cream
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Recipe
Toffee Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup (105g) packed brown sugar , light or dark
- ¼ cup (57g) butter (salted or unsalted), cut into cubes
- ⅓ cup (80ml) heavy cream
- 1-3 pinches of salt, based on if you used salted butter and how salty-sweet you want it
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, stirring occasionally, bring brown sugar, butter, cream, and salt to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for two minutes, until the brown sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Sauce will thicken as it cools.
Notes
Serving and storage
Serve warm on cake, cheesecake, ice cream, and more. Store in the refrigerator and reheat in the microwave.Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
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