Bourbon Sauce

Name: Bourbon Sauce
Yield: Makes 1 1/4 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 large egg yolks; 1 cup packed dark-brown sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/4 cup good-quality bourbon

January 26, 2012

Recipe information

Yield
Makes 1 1/4 cups

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

2 large egg yolks

1 cup packed dark-brown sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 cup good-quality bourbon

Preparation

Put the butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, vanilla, and bourbon in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture registers 160°F on a candy thermometer, about 7 minutes.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.

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