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Steve Freides[_2_] Steve Freides[_2_] is offline
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Default Butterscotch swirl ice cream

wrote:

> While many caramel candy and caramel sauce recipes contain butter, it
> does not provide the "caramel" flavor. There are caramel recipes that
> contain no butter. The butter only serves to make it richer and to
> give it a smoother mouth feel.


Caramel = sugar, heated

Butterscotch = sugar + fat, heated

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