Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • dash sea salt

Instruction

  • Line a pan with parchment paper and spray paper with baking spray. If you want taller caramels use a 9 x 9 pan. If you want short caramels use a 9 x 13 pan. If you want medium sized caramels use an in between sized pan. That's what I did.
  • Use a large microwave safe bowl for this recipe. Make sure your bowl is pretty big or the caramel will boil over.
  • Melt butter in bowl.
  • Add brown sugar, corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk to butter. Stir to combine.
  • Microwave on full power 4 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir.
  • Microwave another 4 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir.
  • Microwave another 4 minutes. Remover from the microwave and stir.
  • Do a soft ball test by dropping a small ball of caramel into a glass of water. Check to see how soft the caramel. is. The caramel should hold together in a ball and be pretty soft. Determine if caramel is the consistency you would like. If caramel is a little to soft still microwave for another 1-2 minutes. I microwaved mine for 1 more minute and it still produced a very soft caramel.
  • Once you've reached desired consistency remove caramel from microwave and stir. Add vanilla. Add a dash of seas salt if desired.
  • Pour caramel mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle with sea salt if desired.
  • Let caramel sit until completely cooled.
  • Remove from pan and cut into squares. Wrap in small squares of wax paper or store in an air tight container.
  • Store in refrigerator.