This rich sauce enhances coffee cake, but try it drizzled over gingerbread, spice cake or vanilla ice cream.
Brown sugar sauce
20
PREP TIME
10 min
Makes
2 cups (500 mL)
* PLUS Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup cold milk , or cream
- 1/4 cup brandy , or rum
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Melt butter in a small saucepan set over medium heat. In a medium-size bowl, stir flour with sugar. Then whisk into melted butter until mixture is moistened. Stir in milk or cream until smooth. Cook, whisking frequently, until thickened and smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir in brandy and vanilla. Remove from heat
- Serve right away over coffee cake. Or cover and refrigerate for up to a week. Reheat just before serving.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 162,
- Protein
- 1.4 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 21.4 g,
- Fat
- 6.4 g,
- Fibre
- 0.2 g,
- Sodium
- 79 mg.
