Delicious Chocolate Sauce

Name: Delicious Chocolate Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 cups.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, cubed; 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 3 cups sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Dressing up a dish of ice cream is especially easy with this sauce. It mixes together in a matter of minutes! The sauce serves another purpose, too. One batch yields so much, I have plenty extra to pour into pint jars and give out as gifts. —Dorothy Anderson, Ottawa, Kansas

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, cubed
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat; stir in sugar and salt. Gradually stir in milk; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
Serve warm or at room temperature (sauce will thicken upon cooling). Store, covered, in refrigerator.