Salted Caramel Ice Cream

Inspired by our love of warm caramel sauce and homemade ice cream, this is a wonderfully decadent ice cream. I've already made it twice in the past couple weeks. The first time I made this was on a weekend my husband was out of town. I tasted it and then forced myself to hand the whole batch to a friend, because I knew I couldn't be trusted with it on my own. (Yes, I have ice cream issues.) I made it again to share with my family this week and it was a huge hit.

Salted caramel is a beautiful thing. If you haven't yet tried it, get to the stove and stir some together just as soon as possible. Just a tiny sprinkling of salt stirred into some warm caramel, one taste and you'll understand its popularity. And, if you haven't made your own caramel sauce yet, get on it! You'll thank me. Homemade caramel sauce is dangerously easy to make and like so many other things, it tastes ten time better than anything you can buy from a store.

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