Cinnamon Caramel Sauce Recipes

EASY CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix the brown sugar, half-and-half, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until it gets thicker. Add the vanilla and cook another minute to thicken further. Turn off the heat, cool slightly and pour the sauce into a jar. Refrigerate until cold.

EASY CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-low to medium heat. Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until thicker. Turn off heat. Serve warm or refrigerate until cold. If sauce is thin, just continue cooking for a few more minutes.

HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk.
• Add the eggs, butter (or lard or poultry fat), sugar, salt and 3 cups flour.
• Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• While the dough is rising, prep your caramel sauce or icing.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan.
• Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup (or honey).
• Bring to a boil over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
• Sprinkle with pecans; set aside.
• In a small bowl, blend together powdered sugar, butter and vanilla.
• Add cream or milk to thin as much as you like.
• Cover bowl with a lid, damp cloth or plastic wrap to keep it from getting crusty while you finish the rolls.
• If you are using frosting and skipping the caramel sauce, grease a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish and set aside.
• Punch the dough down. Turn onto a floured surface.
• Roll into a 17-in. x 15-in. rectangle.
• Spread butter to within 1/2 in. of edges.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dough.
• Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; inch seams to seal.
• Cut into 16 slices. Place cut side down over caramel sauce (or in greased pan).
• Cover; let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Glass pans will take longer to bake, metal pans will go a little faster.
• For caramel rolls, let stand 5 minutes; invert onto a serving platter.
• For iced rolls, allow to cool slightly in pan, then pour icing over rolls.

CINNAMON CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Place sugar and hot water in a heavy saucpan and stir with a wooden spoon to mix.
• Cover and place on high heat and bring to a boil.
• Boil until clear, about 1 minute. Using a natural bristle pastry brush (dipped in cold water) wash any sugar crystals down from the side of the pan.
• Uncover saucepan and let cook until thick and deep golden brown, about 5-8 minutes. Do not stir while cooking. Shake pan gently if needed to cook sugar evenly.
• Remove pan from heat and add cream and cinnamon. Stand back- it will bubble and hiss. Return pan to heat and simmer until thick and creamy, about 3 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.
• Cool to room temperature before serving.
• Refridgerate, covered, for up to 3 weeks. Warm up to room temperature before serving.

OH-SO-EASY CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring brown sugar, butter, and milk to a gentle boil and cook until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat; add vanilla extract.

WARM CHOCOLATE-CHIPOTLE CAKES WITH CINNAMON-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare a medium heat fire (350°F) in a wood-fired oven or cooker. Butter eight 4-ounce ramekins and dust with sugar, knocking out the excess sugar.
• In the wood-fired oven or cooker, toast the chiles in a dry skillet, turning as they toast, for about 2 minutes. Discard the stems, seeds, and ribs, then soak the chiles in hot water to cover until softened, about 30 minutes. Drain, reserving the soaking liquid.
• Puree the drained chiles in a food processor or blender, adding enough soaking liquid to form a paste. Force the paste through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and discard the solids. Set aside 1 1/2 tablespoons of the chile paste and freeze the remainder for another use.
• Bring the prune juice and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the hot sugar syrup over the chocolate in a large bowl, stirring until the chocolate is melted. You may need to place it over a simmering water bath to melt completely. Add the butter and stir until melted. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the 1 1/2 tablespoons chile paste, the flour, cinnamon, and salt.
• Place the ramekins in a baking pan; divide the batter among the sugar-lined ramekins and place in the oven or cooker. Fill the pan with 1/2 inch hot water and bake, uncovered, until the cakes are firm and crusted, 30 to 35 minutes. Check after 20 minutes for doneness, as each oven is different. The cakes need to be moist, not dry.
• If using a Big Green Egg, put the plate setter in place with the grate on top, creating an oven. Place the sheet pan on the grate, fill with hot water, and close the lid.
• Transfer the ramekins to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Unmold the warm cakes directly onto serving plates, crusty top side up. Drizzle with the caramel sauce and serve.
• Cinnamon-Caramel Sauce
• Combine the sugar and water in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to medium-high; boil without stirring until the syrup becomes a deep amber color, occasionally brushing down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush and swirling the pan. Remove from the heat. Stir in the ground cinnamon until completely combined. Gradually add the cream and stir over low heat until the sauce is smooth. Remove from the heat and let stand until cool and pourable, about 30 minutes.
• Store in a plastic squeeze bottle and use immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 month.

CINNAMON-SPICED CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• For stars:
• Spray inside of 4 star-shaped cookie cutters with nonstick spray. Oil baking sheet; place cutters on sheet. Combine sugar and 2 tablespoons water in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil until syrup turns deep amber, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 4 minutes. Immediately pour thin layer of hot syrup inside each cookie cutter. Cool stars completely. Push stars out of cutters; wrap in foil. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store at room temperature.)
• For syrup:
• Stir sugar and 1/3 cup water in heavy small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 7 minutes. Add 1/2 cup hot water (mixture will bubble up). Stir over low heat until hard bits dissolve. Cool caramel syrup.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line pans with waxed paper; butter paper. Sift first 4 ingredients into small bowl. Stir milk and butter in small saucepan over low heat just until butter melts; set aside.
• Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until thick enough for batter to fall in heavy ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Beat in orange peel and vanilla. Add flour mixture; beat just until blended. Add warm milk mixture; beat just until blended. Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, about 24 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 20 minutes. Cut around pan sides and turn cakes out onto racks; peel off paper. Turn cakes right side up. Using toothpick, poke holes in tops of cakes. Brush half of caramel syrup over each cake. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap cakes and let stand at room temperature.)
• For frosting:
• Combine all ingredients in large bowl; beat until firm peaks form. Place 1 cake layer on platter. Spread 1 1/2 cups frosting over. Top with second layer. Spread frosting over top and sides. Chill at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; keep chilled.)
• Stand stars upright on cake. Serve cake cold or let stand up to 1 hour at room temperature before serving.