Salted Caramel - My Way

You may remember my post on our favorite salted caramel recipe?

Well, that wasn't exactly the recipe we use. That's why I'm here. Like, that's why this post is here. That's why I wrote this post.

This is exactly the recipe we use.

More or less.

You'll Need

• 1 stick butter, unsalted
• 1/2 c light brown sugar
• 1/2 c granulated (white) sugar
• 1 c cream
• 1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Melt the butter
2. Dump in sugars, stir, mix in
3. Stir until sugar mix starts to get a little bit hard. You'll know when it gets "hard" because the mix will start sliding off of your spatula, leaving close to nothing behind when you pull it up out of the mix (tell me you do that too because if you don't, I have no idea how to explain what "hard" means here)
4. Once it's "hard", add cream, stir until boiling. Keep stirring, even after it's started boiling, then after a little bit of stirring (30-60 seconds?), turn off heat.
5. Add salt, stir until salt is well mixed in.
6. Pour into quart jar, store in fridge until needed.

For Heating Directions

1. Put jar in microwave
2. Microwave for 30 min, no more
3. If it's not runny and easy to use, put it in for 30 seconds more, but BE VERY CAREFUL -- you can overheat it and then it's "hard" and gloppy and gross
4. Take out, serve and

Salted Caramel is great for...

1. drinks
   
   1. (hot) coffee
   2. cold coffee
   3. hot chocolate/cocoa
   4. cappuccinos (frozen)
2. frosting/topping (see #1 under #10)
3. decor on cake
4. candy
5. desserts
   
   1. ice cream sundae
   2. mug cake
   3. cake
      
      1. or, decor on cake (see #5)
   4. pie (pecan pie - yum!)
   5. pizookies
6. sweet dips
   
   1. cookie dough dip and the like
7.  or your mouth!

Christmas Queso

I'm not really a fan of queso, and this didn't turn out great but it was because of the cheese we were using and I still found it really good. It's an American thing, though. "Queso" is Spanish for "cheese", not for the cheesy dip that I tried yesterday for a dinner I was hosting...

so try it. See how you like it.

If you've never heard of this, comment below. I'm curious to see how many haven't tried it.

I myself have only had it once. Last night.

Serves 10 or more.

Ingredients

• 12 oz. cheese (I used pre-grated, but it turns out rubbery because of the starch. Either grate by hand, or use a hunk of cheese, roughly 12 oz., to produce the best results)
• 1 can Rotel tomatoes (with jalapenos)
• 1 tomato, chopped

Directions

1. put cheese into med.-size saucepan over medium heat.
2. open can, chop tomato, if not chopped. Once chopped, set aside.
3. once cheese has melted, put in chopped tomatoes, stir until well-mixed.
4. pour in can of tomatoes, minus the can.
5. stir until well-mixed,
6. serve immediately with tortilla chips and

 and happy holidays!

P.S. Yes, I did put this under "toppings" because some of the girls at the dinner put it on their tacos. Doesn't sound very good to me, but as long as they liked it.

Salted Caramel Sauce

The best caramel sauce ever! This is definitely a favorite!

Also, this is a very very very short post. Just long enough to post the link and be done.

Really, it was going to be a real post and then I ran out of time so hopefully when I have more time I'll make an actual post out of it.

But for now check out the delicious salted caramel sauce recipe I found on Pinterest!

It's the best.

Promise.