If you love to coat your desserts in gooey sauces, this Bourbon Butterscotch Sauce is just for you. We love to make homemade sauces, and this butterscotch sauce is so versatile.
This sweet, gooey, thick, and creamy bourbon butterscotch sauce is the only topping you will need for ice cream, brownies, cakes, pies….and anything else you can think to top. This thick and creamy butterscotch sauce is good enough to eat by a spoonful! I am even brainstorming a fun cocktail recipe with this butterscotch syrup sauce.
You will love the simplicity of this bourbon butterscotch sauce recipe because this butterscotch sauce has only 5 ingredients and is ready in under 10 minutes. This creamy sauce can get addictive, especially on some of these homemade gluten free ice creams!
Drizzle it on this Gluten Free Apple Galette or even this Creamy Chocolate Custard recipe.
Allergen Information:
This recipe is gluten-free, egg-free, soy-free, and nut-free. Make it dairy-free by using dairy-free butter.
Ingredient Notes:
Butterscotch sounds like it should be complicated, right? You won’t believe how easy it is to make for yourself. All you need is:
- Butter – Use vegan butter if you need dairy-free.
- Brown sugar – You can use light or dark brown sugar.
- Pure vanilla extract – I don’t recommend imitation vanilla.
- Coconut milk – I recommend full-fat canned coconut milk.
- Bourbon – This is totally optional but adds an awesome flavor to the sauce!
Step-By-Step Directions:
Step 1: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Yup, dump them in! Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer.
Step 2: Whisk frequently as the butterscotch sauce simmers for 5-10 minutes until the mixture thickens.
Butterscotch and caramel have a very similar cooking process. Besides the scotch or bourbon, one of the main differences is the sugar. Caramel is made with white sugar. This easy butterscotch sauce is made with brown sugar, giving it a deep, rich taste.
Recipe FAQ:
Make sure you whisk the butterscotch sauce frequently and cook on low heat. That is it…and it is so easy!
The butterscotch flavor comes from scotch or bourbon. As this recipe cooks, the alcohol cooks out, so don’t worry about alcohol content; this recipe is considered non-alcoholic.
This sauce will keep fresh for up to 7 days in an air-tight container or up to 4 months in the freezer.
Use this sauce on:
- Gluten Free Blond Brownies with Peanut Butter Chips: One of my all-time favorite recipes!
- Tapioca Pudding – the creaminess of the tapioca pudding and the butterscotch work so well together. It is a party in your mouth!
- Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies: who doesn’t love a crazy moist and chocolaty brownie?
- Gluten Free Bread Pudding This is our favorite way to use up the crusts from gluten free bread!
Tools:
- You need a good whisk to keep this sauce smooth and lump-free!
- Thick and creamy canned full fat coconut milk. You don’t want the stuff you see in the refrigerated section!
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If you made and enjoyed this recipe, I would be incredibly grateful if you could leave a comment below. Include which flour blend you used. This helps others know this recipe is delicious. Thank you!
5 Ingredient Bourbon Butterscotch Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ stick of butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon bourbon
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into a saucepan.
- Bring to boil on medium heat.
- Reduce heat to low when it starts to boil.
- Cook 5 minutes then remove from the heat.
- Allow to cool.
Notes
- Use vegan butter to make this creamy bourbon butterscotch sauce dairy-free.
- Pour this sauce over bread pudding, ice cream, pie, and rice pudding.
- This sauce will keep up to 7 days in an air-tight container, or up to 4 months in the freezer.
SPECIAL NOTE
Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn’t test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutritional information is an estimate provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the actual nutritional information with the products and brands you are using with your preferred nutritional calculator.
I can’t believe this recipe only calls for 5 ingredients!! ? This is pure genius!
Thank you Aena 🙂
Wow. I too can think of so many good uses for this sauce. And I love the use of coconut milk. I have some coconut milk sitting in my fridge right now… it needs using up and I can think of no better way than to try out your recipe right now! Great to see that little splash of bourbon in there too – it’s such a powerful flavour that you really do only need a little in a sauce like this to make all the difference.
Thank you so much Jane…I am using coconut milk more and more in my recipes lately. Have a great day.
Love butterscotch! This sauce looks great!
Thank you Divya 🙂
Looks like such a decadent sauce that can go with so many desserts! :-p
Defintely!
I love this sauce and the fact that is made with coconut milk!
Thank you Katerina 🙂 The coconut adds a level of yumminess for sure.
Mmm I might be licking my lips here! This would be so amazing on ice cream!
It is amazing on ice cream 🙂
I can just imagine the many ways I can use this sauce to lift up my desserts! Yum!
This is a delicious butterscotch sauce, loving the bourbon.
Thank you so much Janette 🙂
Do I have to drizzle, can’t I just eat it with a spoon? 😀 Seriously though, YUM!!!
Definitely with a spoon 🙂
Oh I can think of many things to do with this!
🙂
Oh jeez!! That really is something. I would probably finish this sauce in record time.I love butterscotch!
It is one of my favorites as well 🙂
What a gorgeous looking sauce! It looks so delicious poured on top of your blond brownies too. 🙂 Love that you made this recipe out of 5 simple ingredients. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe, Sandi!
Thank you so much Demeter 🙂
Do I have to put it in on anything or can I just eat it with a spoon?
We think a like Peter 🙂
I think that I could just drink this sauce! It sounds amazing.
That is too funny. I have to introduce you to Peter, he just said that too 🙂
Oh this sounds wonderful! I love that it’s made with coconut milk! Yum!
I hope you like it Debi 🙂
I could see that on so many things! In addition to just drinking it with a straw. That’s OK, right?
I need to rewrite this post to include spoons and straws. Everyone is on the same page today 🙂