Butterscotch Sauce

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Rich, creamy, a bit nutty homemade Butterscotch Sauce with deep caramel flavour. So much better than the store bought sauce. With my recipe make the best ever easy and quick Butterscotch Sauce at home.

A perfect topping for your pancakes, frozen desserts, cakes, muffins and quick breads!!

About the Recipe

The yummiest Homemade Butterscotch Sauce ever!! This is what my kids say about this finger-licking sauce. Before making it at home don't knew why but I always thought that making it will be quite a messy and time-consuming affair. But, contrast to what I used to think, this Butterscotch sauce is so good that I have now stopped buying from the stores.

I also made these for my clients when I had my baking venture, and they all loved it soo much!! I had got some wonderful reviews for this Homemade Butterscotch Sauce.

This is a very handy condiment that you can use with desserts especially on special occasions or at your get togethers. Ice creams, cakes, pancakes this takes the flavour of dessert to another level.

I and my elder one love it on vanilla ice cream and my little one loves to drizzle on the pancakes, toasts and sometimes on paratha . All three of us are fans of caramel and butterscotch sauce and whenever I make it, three of us together and finish up the sauce that sticks to the pan after transferring it to the jar/bottle.

Ingredients to make Butterscotch Sauce

Brown Sugar- Use tightly packed brown sugar. This is the main ingredients and gives butterscotch sauce it's flavour.

Cream- You can use heavy whipping cream (for reads in US and other countries) and Amul Cream or any other brand cream to make it. I will not advise to use milk in the recipe as it the texture of the sauce won't be rich if we use milk.

Vanilla Essence- This is one ingredient which gives this sauce it's distinct taste. If you can source Vanilla extract it is more better as extracts are pure and natural product though, a bit costly. But, it will make the best Butterscotch Sauce.

Butter- for that buttery flavour. You can use salted butter in the recipe as salt is required for the butterscotch flavour to shine. When using unsalted butter, add 1/2 tsp of salt.

How to make Butterscotch Sauce

Making it is so easy, it is ready in just 10 minutes, from start to finish, needs a little bit of stirring and all done.

Mix vanilla essence in cream.
Combine sugar and water in a heavy bottomed pan. Bring to boil, stirring continuously. Cook the sugar mixture till it starts bubbling.
Add soft butter and mix in the sugar mixture. Bring it to boil.
Remove the pan from heat let it cool it for a minute. Keep stirring not to further cook the sugar.
Add cream to the mixture stirring the mixture. Add cream slowly to the mixture, as sugar can splatter when adding the cold cream to hot sugar mixture.
Return the pan to heat and stir continuously for next 2 minutes. If you have the food thermometer, cook the mixture till 240°F or 115°C.
Let it cool a bit and transfer to a heat-proof bowl and microwave safe bowl.

Serving Suggestions

I drizzled this butterscotch sauce on this Apple Bread, enjoyed it with vanilla ice cream topped with Butterscotch Sauce, kids love this Sundae!!!

I hope this is the right word for warm Apple Bread served with vanilla ice-cream topped with warm butterscotch sauce. That's a perfect fall dish with all the fall flavours....a transition from warm to cold!!

How to use Butterscotch Sauce

Whenever you have to serve it, just warm the jar in a pot of simmering water or take some spoonful in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave it for 20-30 sec. Use it hot or warm on ice-creams, pancakes, warm bread or add on to that extra taste to your sundae!!

Desserts with which you can serve Butterscotch Sauce

Classic Brownies, Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes, Cookie Dough Ice cream, Ragi Banana Cake, French Toast and many more..

Tips to make perfect rich and creamy butterscotch sauce

Before you start preparing the sauce to keep all the ingredients ready and within reach.
Take a deep pan as the butter and sugar mixture bubble when cream is added and it may splatter on your hand.
Store in a heat proof microwave bowl, as the sauce thickens on cooling and we need to reheat it before reusing. Just warm it a little and it is ready to be used on ice creams, pancakes, quick breads and muffins.

What is the difference between Caramel Sauce and Butterscotch Sauce

Both the sauces may sound and look familiar. the difference is in the sugar used for making these. Caramel is made using white sugar and Butterscotch is made using brown sugar(dark or light) but the magical ingredient that lifts up the taste of butterscotch and makes it different from Caramel is Vanilla Essence. Don't forget to add it your butterscotch sauce to get the distinct taste.

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