Best Caramel Syrup Recipes

CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• Heat sugar and 1 cup water in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and comes to a boil. Continue cooking, brushing down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush but without stirring, until mixture becomes golden amber in color.
• Immediately remove from heat and add 1 cup water. Return to heat and continue stirring until mixture becomes liquid. Transfer to a heatproof container and let cool completely before using.

CARAMEL COFFEE SYRUP

Steps:

• mix 1/4 cup water and all sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat til sugar is dissolved. DO NOT LET IT BOIL UNTIL SUGAR IS DISSOLVED COMPLETELY.
• Turn heat to high and cover and let boil for two minutes.
• Uncover and stir gently while it continues to boil until it turns a nice deep amber color. Remove from heat.
• CAUTION: READ CAREFULLY: Stand back to avoid scalding yourself as mixture will begin to bubble rapidly when you do the next step.
• Add the rest of the water and then when the bubbles settle a bit the vanilla and salt and stir gently to mix. Let cool and it will keep in the fridge for up to six months.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-PISTACHIO PANCAKES WITH SALTED HONEY CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• For the syrup: Stir the honey and cream together in a deep saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the mixture registers 240 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Remove the saucepan from the heat, add the butter and vanilla and whisk to combine, then whisk in the bourbon and salt. Cool to warm before serving. (The syrup can be made up to 3 days ahead. Store, covered, in the refrigerator and reheat before using.)
• For the pancakes: Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in the melted butter, honey, vanilla, orange zest and 1 1/2 cups buttermilk until just combined. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry. If the batter seems very thick, stir in a bit more buttermilk. Cover and let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour. Stir in the pistachios and chocolate.
• Place a baking sheet with a baking rack in the oven; preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Heat a nonstick griddle or skillet over medium heat and brush with butter. Working in batches, ladle about 1/4 cup batter per pancake onto the griddle and cook until light golden brown on the bottom and bubbles form on the surface, about 2 minutes. Carefully flip the pancakes; continue cooking until golden brown on the reverse side, about another 2 minutes. Transfer the cooked pancakes to the oven and repeat with the remaining batter.
• To serve: Stack about 3 pancakes on each plate, drizzle with some of the syrup, dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with mint, orange zest and pomegranate seeds. Serve hot.

BANANA PANCAKES WITH CARAMEL-BANANA SYRUP

Steps:

• Cut 2 bananas into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Combine 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup water in heavy large skillet. Boil over medium-high heat until mixture thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract and sliced bananas. Remove syrup from heat.
• Whisk flour and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl. Mash remaining banana in medium bowl, then whisk in buttermilk and eggs. Stir banana mixture into dry ingredients (some lumps will remain). Mix in remaining 1/4 cup melted butter.
• Preheat oven to 200°F. Heat griddle over medium heat; brush with additional melted butter. Working in batches, pour batter by 1/3 cupfuls onto griddle. Cook pancakes until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer pancakes to baking sheet; place in oven to keep warm.
• Serve pancakes with caramel-banana syrup.

GINGERBREAD PUMPKIN WAFFLES WITH BUTTERMILK-RUM CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• For the buttermilk-rum caramel syrup: Combine the sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup and baking soda in a medium saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until amber brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum, vanilla and sea salt. Transfer to a heat-resistant bowl, cover and keep warm.
• For the gingerbread pumpkin waffles: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Place a baking rack on top of a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, muscovado sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, butter, pumpkin puree, sour cream and molasses until smooth. Add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients and whisk until the mixture is just combined. Fold in the candied ginger. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• Preheat a waffle iron and brush the grates liberally with butter. Fill the waffle wells and cook according to the manufacturer¿s instructions until crisp and golden. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve. Repeat with more melted butter and the remaining batter. Serve with the buttermilk-rum caramel syrup.

HOMEMADE KNEADERS CHUNKY CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST & CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• For the french toast: Preheat an electric griddle to 375 degrees F. In a shallow baking dish, mix eggs, milk, brown sugar, salt and vanilla. Melt butter evenly across your griddle. Dip each slice of bread into egg mixture and coat completely on each side. Place coated bread on hot griddle and turn until lightly browned on each side. [i]Optional: serve with whipped cream and strawberries on top.[/i]
• For the caramel syrup: In a medium saucepan, combine all syrup ingredients over medium heat. Whisk together until smooth and sugar has completely dissolved. Serve warm over french toast.

CARAMEL PANCAKE SYRUP

Steps:

• Combine light corn syrup, heavy cream, and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved and syrup is warmed through, about 5 minutes.

BUTTERMILK CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• Mix sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup, and baking soda together in a large pan over medium heat. It will expand because of the baking soda. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes. Take off the heat and stir in vanilla extract. Serve warm.

SPICED CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• Pour the sugar into a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan set over medium-high heat. Once the sugar starts to color, swirl the pan so that it melts and colors evenly.
• When the caramel is a light reddish-brown color, or as Mr. Skurnick says, "Irish-setter red" (it takes about 5 minutes to reach this stage), drop in the spices and, standing away from the pan, carefully pour in the water. When it boils, reduce the heat to very low and cook for 2 minutes.
• Strain the caramel into a heatproof container (discard the spices or use them for tea), and cool completely. You can keep the syrup covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. It will thicken; warm gently to reliquefy.

SPICED COFFEE ICE CREAM BOMBE WITH CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• For ice cream: Line 9-cup charlotte mold or 9-inch-diameter soufflé dish with double-thick layers of plastic wrap, extending over sides; place mold in freezer.
• Mix half and half and cream in large saucepan; scrape in seeds from vanilla beans; add beans; bring to simmer; whisk yolks and sugar in large bowl to blend; gradually whisk in hot half and half mixture; return mixture to same saucepan and stir over medium-low heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 8 minutes (do not boil); strain into large bowl; dvide custard equally between 2 medium bowls; add espresso powder and spices to custard in 1 bowl, stirring until espresso powder dissolves; cover and chill both custards until cold.
• Process coffee-spice custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions; spoon ice cream into mold; using back of spoon and working quickly, spread ice cream over bottom and up sides of mold, leaving center hollow (you may need to freeze ice cream for a while if it becomes too soft and starts to melt down the sides before molding); feeze until firm, about 1 hour; using back of spoon, respread ice cream up sides of mold and even with top rim; place mold in freezer.
• Process plain custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions; add cookie crumbs during last 1 minute of processing; spoon ice cream into center of mold, filling completely (reserve any remaining ice cream for another use); cover bombe; freeze overnight (can be made up to 1 week ahead; keep frozen).
• For syrup: Stir sugar and ¼ cup water in medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves; increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, occasionally swirling pan; add brandy and remaining 3 tblsps water (stand back!); stir over low heat until caramel syrup is smooth; cool (can be prepared 1 day ahead; cover tightly and let stand at room temperature).
• Whip cream in medium bowl to stiff peaks; spoon whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with medium star tip; unmold bombe onto serving plate; peel off plastic; pipe columns of cream up sides of bombe; pipe more cream on top of bombe; serve with syrup.

AUTUMN APPLE PANCAKES WITH WALNUT CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• SYRUP:.
• Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples, set aside (this is fast work with the food processor).
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• Stir in the spices and brown sugar all at once.
• Mix the cornstarch into the 1 cup of water until dissolved and immediately add the water mix, stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the apples and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the apples are nearly tender and the syrup is bubbly.
• While the apples are cooking, make the pancakes.
• Serve.
• Note: If you would like a thinner syrup, simply add a little more water.
• PANCAKES:.
• Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Mix the egg, butter, and buttermilk together in a small bowl.
• Make a depression in the dry ingredients and add the liquid mixture.
• Stir until moistened, some lumps will remain.
• Add more water to get the right consistency, if required.
• Do not over mix.
• Pour about 1/3 cup of batter onto a hot, lightly greased griddle.
• Cook for about two minutes on medium heat or until the edges are set and the bubbles remain open.
• Turn over and cook on the other side.

CARAMEL SYRUP FOR GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Steps:

• Bring sugar and the water to a boil in a medium saucepan; reduce heat, and simmer until thickened and light brown, about 10 minutes. Use immediately.

CARAMEL BANANAS WITH MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Cut bananas in half crosswise then lengthwise.
• Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet and place the bananas in the butter, coating them using a pastry brush.
• Move the bananas to one side of the pan.
• Slightly tip the pan (with bananas on upper side), then add the maple syrup (or brown sugar), vanilla and lemon juice.
• Sprinkle the cinnamon and give the mixture a good stir.
• Lower the pan and blend the sauce with the bananas, spooning the sauce over the top.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Arrange 4 banana pieces on each dessert plate.
• Garnish each dish with mint sprig, and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or any flavor ice cream of your choice.

VANILLA CARAMEL SYRUP - FOR COFFEE OR ESPRESSO

Steps:

• Slice vanilla beans lengthwise with a sharp knife, use sharp edge of knife to scrape out the inside of the bean against the cutting board.
• Put the scrapings and the outer beans in a sauce pan.
• Put all other ingredients in the pan and heat on low stirring often for about 10 minutes.
• Turn heat up to medium for a few more minutes (3-5) stirring constantly.
• Do not boil.
• Filter your hot syrup through a Melitta and coffee filter or through a strainer and cheese cloth.
• This is to remove the bean skins and any sediment.
• Cool syrup and pour into a tall glass bottle, an old wine bottle or empty coffee syrup bottles work great and are the right size.

BUTTERMILK CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring buttermilk, sugars, and butter to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and whisk in soda and vanilla. It will bubble up a lot. Hopefully you used a large saucepan like I told you. As it cools, the bubbles will go away.
• *Notes:.
• -The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter. I cut back to 1/4 cup to save my waistline and my husband's cholesterol, but you can feel free to use all of it if you so desire. I won't stand in your way.
• -This stuff is so delicious, we haven't gone back to maple syrup. We also use it on buttermilk pancakes, waffles, and German pancakes. It can also be served over ice cream.
• -Several readers have asked how long this will keep in the refrigerator. I'm not exactly sure because with 4 hungry boys we finish things off pretty fast. But I know we've kept some for at least 2-3 months and it was just fine.

CINNAMON BREAD PUDDINGS WITH CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add bread, tossing gently to coat. Cover and chill 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Divide bread mixture evenly among 11-12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Serve warm with syrup.
• NOTE: My knife has never come out completely clean, and the puddings tasted good to me! We also serve with vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

BUTTERMILK CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring buttermilk, sugars, and butter to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat andwhisk in soda and vanilla. It will bubble up a lot. As it cools, the bubbles will go away.

CARAMEL PANCAKE SYRUP

Steps:

• Melt butter on med-low heat.
• Add Brown Sugar and mix together till it becomes moist and sticky.
• Add water and stir till all the sugar is dissolved and mixture is boiling.
• No specific amount of heating time is required but I usually boil mine for about 1-2 minutes.

ORANGES IN CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• Lightly oil a baking sheet.
• In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup of the sugar and 3 tbsp of water to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar; boil without stirring until the mixture turns a golden amber colour, about 5-6 minutes; immediately pour the caramel onto the oiled baking sheet and tilt the sheet to spread the caramel as thin as possible (use a pot-holder or towel as the baking sheet will be hot from the caramel); cool completely; break up the caramel into pieces; in a food processor, pulse the caramel pieces until chopped into pieces the size of chocolate chips; do not overprocess; the caramel chips can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week; if they stick together, give the airtight container a bang on the kitchen counter, and that should loosen things up.
• Using a small, sharp knife, peel the oranges, removing all the bitter, white pith; working over a heatproof bowl, cut between the membranes to release the orange sections; measure out ½ cup of the orange juice.
• In a small saucepan, bring the remaining 2/3 cup sugar and ¼ cup of water to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar; boil without stirring until the mixture turns a golden amber colour, anywhere from 5-7 minutes; remove the caramel from heat and add the reserved orange juice - avoid spatters- stir and cook over low heat until smooth; let cool slightly; pour the sauce over the oranges, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight, stirring occasionally.
• To serve: Arrange the orange slices in dessert bowls; spoon some of the juices into each bowl and sprinkle with caramel chips; garnish with mint sprigs.

APPLE CARAMEL SYRUP

Steps:

• I happened to over cook my apples after I peeled and cored them so they were to soft to even try to get them out and drain them.
• (I had a canner full of apples.) So I mashed them with the juice, (left some lumps) and came up with this recipe.
• You can use it as Ice cream Topping, or Pancake/waffle syrup.
• I put the apple mixture in a kettle and heated.
• I added the sugar, Karo Syrup,& Mrs.
• Richards Caramel Topping and brought to a boil for a couple minutes and put into pint jars and process them for 30 minutes to make sure they sealed.