Smoked Butterscotch Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 tbs corn syrup
• 1 tbs butter
• ½ cup cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¾ tsp bourbon (Buffalo Trace or Old Rip Van Winkle)
• applewood chips

Cook the brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter to 280F using a candy thermometer. Take off the heat and add cream, vanilla, and bourbon. Line a large pot with foil and place applewood chips at the bottom. Turn on high heat to get the chips smoking, then turn off. Place the butterscotch in a heat-safe container inside the smoking pot and cover with foil. Stir every 10 minutes - taste for smokiness and remove when flavor is to your liking. If butterscotch has thickened while smoking, add a little cream to loosen it. Keep warm for use.