Most days after physio I make myself
a version of a Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino. There is a Starbucks in the
hospital lobby that I walk past while leaving all thirsty, hot, and tired. The
only way to avoid giving them all my money, was to start making the drinks at
home. I usually buy their caramel flavoring but since I'm almost out, I decided
to try making my own syrup. After combining a bunch of recipes online, I
decided the easiest way to make the flavoring is to make the caramel and then
dilute it further into the actual flavour syrup.
It worked pretty well but I cooked
it for too long so it turned into more of a toffee instead of a caramel. As a
result, my first attempt at turning it into syrup was still too thick but my
second batch turned out great. I froze it into caramel flavor cubes I could
just pop in the drink so I wouldn't have to worry about it going bad (as I do
not have any preservatives laying around). It's not as sweet as the Starbucks
option or as strong (from the double diluting) so I think next time I'll add a bit more sugar and not cook it as long.
Caramel Recipe:
3 tbsp butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp vanilla
pinch sea salt
- Heat sugar and butter, whisk vigorously. Add cream, simmer on low heat for 5 min (no longer!!), stir frequently. Add vanilla and salt.
Caramel Recipe:
3 tbsp butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp vanilla
pinch sea salt
- Heat sugar and butter, whisk vigorously. Add cream, simmer on low heat for 5 min (no longer!!), stir frequently. Add vanilla and salt.
Sugar and butter mix. |
When I should have stopped simmering it as it really thickens up when it cools (for some reason I didn't believe the other blogs on how much it thickens as it cools, be warned!). |
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup caramel sauce
- Heat on medium and mix together.
Caramel syrup! |
Frozen
syrup! The cube on the bottom left was after I diluted it for a second time.
The other one was too thick and turned gelatinous instead of freezing. |
1 espresso or 3/4 cup coffee
1/4 cup milk
4 coffee cubes (I freeze coffee into ice cubes so the drink doesn't get watered down)
2 caramel cubes or Starbucks Caramel flavoring
whipped cream
- Blend together first 4 ingredients. Add whipped cream on top.
Caramel cubes ready for their debut. |
Yum! |
3 comments:
Looks delicious!!
I thought this looked so good, so I thought why not try it I can't mess it up too bad!!!! With your amazing directions I now have a favorite coffee drink. It is amazing. And the caramel sauce isn't too bad on ice cream either!!! Thanks Alley
I'm glad it worked out for you! I read on several of the cooking blogs that people put the caramel sauce on icecream or desserts. It sounded like a delicious idea too. Enjoy!
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