Salted Caramel Brownies

Ingredients

Salted Caramel

• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tbsp. unsalted butter (room temperature, cubed)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream (room temperature)
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Brownie batter

• 1 cup butter
• 4 oz semi sweet chocolate
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Brownies

1. Preheat to 350ºF. Lightly grease a 9x9 baking dish.
2. Melt together the butter and the semi sweet chocolate. Let cool slightly.
3. Stir in the sugar and the eggs. Mix in the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Spread the batter in the prepared baking dish. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean.
5. Let cool completely, about an hour. While brownies are cooling, make caramel sauce.

Salted Caramel

1. In a medium saucepan, heat the sugar on medium-high for about 5-6 minutes. Use a heat-proof rubber spatula to stir the sugar to make sure it doesn't burn on the bottom. The sugar will get lumpy at first, then turn a golden brown color.
2. After the sugar has completely melted, there are no more clumps, and it's a nice dark amber color, remove from the heat and add in the butter. Be careful because it should rapidly bubble at first. Use your spatula to stir the mixture for 1-2 minutes, until the sugar and butter come together. If they seem like they are separating just continue to mix, it will eventually come together!
3. Put the mixture back on the heat and slowly add in the heavy cream while stirring, this should bubble as well. Let it boil/bubble for about 1 minute and then remove from heat, adding in the salt and vanilla and mixing to combine everything together. Let it cool
4. Once brownies have cooled topped with caramel sauce and sprinkle some more sea salt on top! (The caramel recipe makes more than enough caramel, you don't need to use it all!)