Do you know what this is? This is what's left of a jar of homemade caramel topping. Ice cream toppings are super easy to make, keep refrigerated for several weeks, and are much less expensive than commercial ice cream toppings.
A week from Sunday is Father's Day. I thought we'd do make-your-own ice cream sundaes for dessert. My family has 3 favorite homemade toppings: "magic shell" topping, caramel sauce, and hot fudge topping. I'll make 2 of those and add chopped nuts and a fruit sauce (using frozen berries).
While I was thinking about the ice cream, I searched the internet for making sugar cones and waffles bowls. There are several websites with instructions and recipes for making both. What excited me is they don't require a special iron. The cookie part can be made in a skillet and either formed around a cone or over the back side of a muffin tin to make ice cream bowls. I don't know if I'll get to making these for Father's Day, but this was intriguing.
Back to the caramel sauce, I made this as a dip to get us to eat the apples that are quickly passing their prime. I only hope that the sugar and butter in the caramel didn't negate the health benefits of the apples. It was delicious, though.
