Thick and Buttery Vanilla Sauce

[Granny Smith]

A nice thick sauce for pancakes, waffles or as a dessert topping.

Thick and Buttery Vanilla Sauce

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 T. light corn syrup
1 t. vanilla
1 t. baking soda

Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar, buttermilk, corn syrup, and vanilla and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Once mixture boils, remove from heat and stir in baking soda until thoroughly mixed.

Serve warm.

Makes 1 pint.

Note: If you like, you can add 1/4 -1/2 t. of spice or other flavoring to mixture when you add the sugar.

[Granny Smith]

I wanted to make some of this yesterday to use on bread pudding. I didn't have any buttermilk, so I substituted regular milk. It worked fine! I can't tell any difference.