Caramel Sauce

8 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Ingredients:
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 vanilla bean
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 Tbs. light corn syrup
  • 3/4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces

Directions

  1. 1
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