This recipe for a silky, smooth and buttery caramel sauce is perfect for over ice cream and lattes. Save a couple of bucks and impress friends and family, whipping out your own bottle of the light-brown sauce.

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Making caramel can seem a bit daunting. It is heating sugar and a little water until is a piping hot, bubbling mass. After that, you have to keep a close eye on the color, turning from clear to honey, to amber, the ultimate goal, before it hits a deep, very dark brown: that means bitter, and no longer usable. However, the result of a good caramel sauce is a nutty and rich sauce, perfect for your home-made lattes and ice cream treats. Save the money, and buy kitchen gadgets! This easyrecipe tells you how to make this wonderful, sweet caramel sauce.