Brown Sugar Sauce

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This sauce is a wonderful concoction that complements bread pudding, cheesecake, or pancakes on Sundays. The taste of brown sugar in a sauce form is irresistible.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1 Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add flour and salt and stir until smooth. Stir in brown sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture bubbles and is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
2 Remove from heat. Stir in boiling water.
3 Return to heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. Stir in vanilla extract until well blended. Serve hot.