It sets on contact with the cold and forms a thin shell that cracks under the spoon. Like the magic shell at the store, except this one tastes like butter and molasses instead of syrup. Deep brown, glossy, thick in exactly the right way. Five ingredients you already have in the cupboard, one saucepan, five minutes flat, and no thermometer. Make it once and you will wonder why you ever bought the bottle!<\/p>\n
A real caramel means white sugar melted dry, a thermometer, a wet brush on the sides of the pan, and the low-grade dread that it crystallizes the second you look away. Here, brown sugar does the work for you. Its molasses carries invert sugars that keep crystals from reforming, the same job corn syrup does in a classic recipe. Technically, a pastry chef would call this butterscotch. I do not care. It tastes like caramel and it does not fail.<\/p>\n
It firms up in the fridge, which is normal, that is just the fat setting. Ten to fifteen seconds in the microwave, a stir, and it is pourable and glossy again like you just made it. Which means you can keep a jar in the fridge door, ready for Tuesday night ice cream. It is still better the day you make it, but then again, so is most things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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