Butter-free salted caramel or if you prefer with a little butter, but make sure to use just a little, it really doesn’t require a lot of butter for this recipe, the consistency is perfect and by reducing the amount of cream, you can make it firmer. Making salted caramel is very simple and quick to do at home, almost identical to toffee caramel, in that case, at least I, leave the caramel slightly lighter for a delicious toffee taste, whereas here I prepare a darker caramel in a non-stick pot, so the caramel flavor is more intense and you don’t taste the typical toffee flavor. Toffee caramel is without salt and obviously if you want you can skip the salt here too if you want a classic non-salted caramel. As I’ve already suggested, you can adjust the consistency by increasing or decreasing the amount of cream depending on what you plan to use it for. Remember that caramel hardens when cold, so it’s when it’s cold that you’ll understand the true consistency, and adjust as needed. If you make it firmer, with less cream, it will be easier to soften it by warming the caramel and adding more hot cream to it. Let’s see then how to make it, I hope I haven’t confused you but have provided you with the right information to adjust as needed when you’ll prepare it for your recipes.