Categories: dessert sauces

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 3 squares (3oz.) unsweetened chocolate
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

1. Into a small saucepan pour the water; add chocolate. Place over low heat to melt chocolate stirring constantly. Gradually add sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar after each addition. Continue to cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla and stir until butter is melted. Set pan aside to cool completely; do not stir during cooling.
2. If sauce is to be served within a couple of hours, leave at room temperature. If made farther ahead, pour into a glass jar, cover, tightly and refrigerate. Remove from refrigerator an hour or two before serving time and place in a pan of hot water (off heat) to soften.

3. about 1 1/2 cups

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