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sour cream butterscotch sauce
I don’t remember why I had to make this. I just remember thinking that butterscotch sauce with the tang of sour cream sounded good. Then the idea kept bouncing around my head like a restless preschooler until I made it.
This will require some caramel-making skills, but trust me. It’s worth it.
There’s no time like today than to learn how to make caramel. You won’t be sorry.
sour cream butterscotch
1 1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup water
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1. In a liquid measuring cup, combine heavy cream, sour cream, butter, and vanilla. Set aside.
2. In a high-sided, heavy bottomed saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Set over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and comes to a boil. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to brush down sugar crystals that form on the inside of the pan. After the mixture starts to boil, swirl the pan if necessary to distribute heat.
3. Heat sugar mixture until it hits the soft-crack stage, about 270-290 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove from heat and whisk in the cream and butter mixture. At this point, the mixture will bubble violently, so use caution. Keep whisking until it calms down. Return it to the burner, set to low, and cook, stirring frequently, until the butterscotch becomes smooth and starts to thicken, about five minutes.
4. Remove from heat, and let cool for a few minutes. Pour into a glass jar. Serve warm or cool.
16 Responses to “sour cream butterscotch sauce”
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Looks so delicious, I am making ice cream today, would love to have some of this sauce for it!
What a great topping for ice cream. Fabulous photos too!
I would love this topping on anything, not just ice cream! What an inventive and clever idea. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Ooey, gooey, butterscotch sauce, a soon to be staple in my diet.
I just made a batch of David Lebovitz’s Vanilla Ice Cream and this is screaming to go all over the top of it! Thanks for sharing!
I am positively obsessed with adding sour cream to sweet recipes. It gives the most incredible je ne sais blah blah. Rounds the whole thing out beautifully. I’ve GOT to try this trick in a caramel sauce. Fabulous!
I am so glad I’ve found your site–so much wonderful information and terrific recipes!
XO-Shauna
This looks delicious!! I love adding sour cream to…well, anything! I can’t wait to try this sauce.
That looks great. Thank you for sharing the tip. I have yet to make caramel sucessfully.
OMG – we just has butterscotch caramel tonight. Your photos are so tootin purty!
I’ve made a buttermilk caramel sauce before and I loved the little tang that the buttermilk gave to it too. And how great would this be on top of sour cream ice cream!
With the warmer weather we are planning on getting the ice cream maker out, and will totally have to make this to go with it! Beautiful photos as always!
Can I lick the spoon?
I bet this would be yummy on the sour cream ice cream I made a couple of weeks ago!
Oh how yummy does this look! Grumpy would love it too. He is a big fan of caramel and butterscotch!
wow this looks amazing. I love butterscotch so much more than caramel sauce. It is a weakness.
This looks so good, Jaime! Butterscotch is my ultimate ice cream topping, and sour cream makes life that much better, as far as I’m concerned. Gorgeous photos too! Thanks so much for sharing this yumminess. xo