Caramel Sauce

Description: This is a great sauce to pour over cheesecakes, applesauce bread or apple cake. Also good on vanilla ice-cream, the boys tell me anyway.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Steps:

1. combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, whipping cream, cream of tartar and butter in 1-quart saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved (3 to 4 minutes).
3. Remove from heat stir in vanilla.
4. Drizzle sauce over each piece of cake.