Recipe: Salted Caramel Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS

Homemade Caramel Sauce

1 cup

sugar

1 tbsp

light corn syrup

1/4

liquid cup water

1/2

liquid cup heavy cream, heated until warm

2 tbsp

unsalted butter, softened

1/2 tsp

fine grain sea salt

1 tsp

pure vanilla extract

Vanilla Bean Caramels with Fleur de Sel

1 cup

heavy cream

5 tbsp

unsalted butter

1/2 tsp

vanilla extract

vanilla bean pod, split lengthwise and scraped

1 1/4 tsp

fleur de sel, plus more for sprinkling

1 1/2 cups

sugar

1/4 cup

light corn syrup

1/4 cup

water