Caramel Sauce Recipe 1

Instructions

1. Butter the inside of a granite saucepan, add two ounces of unsweetened chocolate and melt over hot water; add two cups of light brown sugar and mix well; then add an ounce of butter and half a cup of rich milk.
2. Cook until the mixture forms a soft ball when tested in cold water, then take from the fire and flavor with vanilla.
3. Put into a sauceboat and pour while hot over each service of ice cream.
4. If there is delay in serving, keep hot by standing in a vessel of hot water.
5. As this simple dressing is poured over the cold cream it immediately hardens, forming a caramel coating.