Best Hardly Hard Sauce Recipes

HARD SAUCE

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I remember making this sauce for my mom when I was about 8 years old. I loved the aroma and spicy flavor. Today, many cooks spread cream-cheese frosting on spice cake instead, but I think you're really missing something if you bypass this warm, old-time sauce. -Shirley Joan Helfenbein, Lapeer, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 15m

Yield about 1-1/3 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash ground allspice
1 cup cold water
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon rum extract

Steps:

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, nutmeg, allspice and water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and extracts. Serve with spice cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

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HARD SAUCE

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Provided by Food Network

Categories condiment

Time 15m

Yield about 1 cup

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup brandy
Pinch grated nutmeg
Pinch orange zest

Steps:

Mix together the sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in a saucepan set over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the sugar melts. Add the brandy and stir for 1 minute. Add the nutmeg and orange zest, and serve warm.

LEMON HARD SAUCE

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Make and share this Lemon Hard Sauce recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Colorado Lauralee

Categories Dessert

Time 10m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 dash salt
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Steps:

Cream butter and salt.
Add egg sugar and cream until fluffy.
Add egg and beat rapidly until well blended.
Gradually add lemon juice and rind and continue beating.
Cook until thickened.
This a nice topping for most any steamed pudding.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 139.2, Fat 8.1, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 38, Sodium 73.3, Carbohydrate 16.9, Sugar 16.8, Protein 0.6

HARD SAUCE

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Provided by Robert Farrar Capon

Categories condiments, sauces and gravies, side dish

Time 5m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

1/4 pound butter, at room temperature
6 to 8 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon (or more, to taste) cognac, rum, Scotch, Irish whiskey, or any other spirit

Steps:

Cream the butter and sugar together thoroughly. Beat in the spirit, a little at a time, until the mixture is quite smooth. Serve by spoonfuls over individual slices of pudding.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 133, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 11 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 2 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams

BROWN SUGAR HARD SAUCE

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Yield Makes about 1 3/4 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1/3 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
4 tablespoons dark rum
1 tablespoon grated tangerine or orange peel
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Steps:

Stir brown sugar and 3 tablespoons rum in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Mix in tangerine peel. Cool to room temperature.
Using electric mixer, beat butter in medium bowl until light. Add remaining 1 tablespoon rum, brown sugar mixture and powdered sugar and beat until well blended and smooth. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.)