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Butterscotch sauce is the dream for anyone with a sweet tooth: A creamy, smooth, and rich sauce that complements ice creams, puddings, and cakes. Butterscotch sauce usually contains four main ingredients: brown sugar, butter, heavy cream, and salt. Caramelization occurs when sugar is heated, and when butter and heavy cream are added, you'll be left with an intense toffee flavor balanced out by adding salt.

If you're making butterscotch sauce at home, there is one ingredient that your sauce might be missing: cinnamon. This might not come as a surprise, as pairing cinnamon and sugar is nothing new. Whether it's in your cinnamon donuts, snickerdoodle cookies, or classic apple pie , cinnamon and sugar are a combination that you'll find over and over.



Adding cinnamon to your butterscotch will give the existing butterscotch flavors a warm hug. It's as simple as mixing in 1⁄2 teaspoon of cinnamon when adding the sugar and salt to your butterscotch sauce. If you want to further intensify your butterscotch, feel free to experiment with more cinnamon.

Cinnamon will add warmth to your butterscotch Adding cinnamon to your butterscotch sauce might just mean you'll never go back. Cinnamon flavor notes bring warmth and earthiness to your dishes, especially when combined with the sugar in the butterscotch sauce. Ground cinnamon is the easiest form to add as it does not require any time to release its flavor.

That's because it can cover a wider surface area as a powder, as opposed to a sing.

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