Dessert Recipes - Butterscotch Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup light brown sugar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn flour (cornstarch)

• 150 ml/2/3 cup milk

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

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Method:

1. Put the butter and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has melted. Boil for 1 minute.

2. Blend the corn flour with a little of the milk. Stir the remaining milk into the sugar and butter and bring to the boil, stirring.

3. Pour over the corn flour, stirring. Return to the pan and bring to the boil.

4. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time. Stir in the vanilla essence. Serve hot.