Rum Butter Sauce
Serve this sweet dessert sauce over bread pudding, baked apples, bananas, or simple cakes.
Equipment
- medium saucepan
Ingredients
Makes about 1½ cups
- 1 cup sugar
- 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup dark rum
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, mix the sugar and cornstarch.
- Add 1 cup of water.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring, until thick and clear, about 3 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the rum, vanilla, and butter.
- Serve the sauce hot or warm.
- (Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- ) Reheat shortly before using.