Name: Irish Cream Dessert Sauce
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: ½ cup Irish cream liqueur ((such as Bailey's)); ¼ cup heavy cream; ¼ cup sugar; 1 Tablespoon cornstarch; pinch salt

This Irish Cream Dessert Sauce is a wonderful sweet recipe! Serve it on your favorite Irish desserts like ice cream and bread pudding. Made from Bailey's and great for St Patrick's Day!

Irish Cream Dessert Sauce in a small clear jar with a spoon having come out of the jar sitting on a green and white towel

This Irish Cream Dessert Sauce is an amazing sweet sauce recipe! Perfect for your desserts and Irish recipes, especially on St Patrick’s Day!

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Why You Will Love This Recipe

This dessert sauce is a great way to get the concentrated flavor of Irish Cream (such as Bailey’s) to pour on your favorite desserts!

It only needs a few ingredients and is very versatile to use with so many recipes like ice cream, pie, and our Bailey’s Bread Pudding!

Ingredients

These are the ingredients you need to make a Bailey’s sauce:

Irish Cream (Bailey’s) – Bailey’s is the traditional and popular option, but any Irish Cream will do!

Heavy Cream

Granulated Sugar

Cornstarch – thickens the sauce

Salt – to balance the sweetness!

Equipment

This is the equipment you need to make the homemade dessert sauce:

Small Pot
Measuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Whisk

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Instruction Overview

Add all of your ingredients to a small pot on the stove over medium heat.

Whisk to combine.

Cook until the sauce is the desired consistency, about 5 minutes.

Modifications and Substitutions

Any brand of Irish Cream will work well here.

Kim’s Tips

Consider how you are using the sauce to determine how thick to make it. If using it on cold things such as ice cream, make it a little thinner. If using it on hot things such as our Bailey’s Bread Pudding, make it thicker since the warmth will thin it out.

FAQs

What is Irish cream made of?

It is made from Irish whiskey and cream.

What is the flavor in Irish cream?

It is a rich flavor that is sweet with a hint of vanilla.

Is Irish cream the same as Baileys?

Yes. Bailey’s is a brand of Irish Cream.
You can use any brand for this recipe.

What kind of alcohol is in Baileys?

Irish whiskey.

What is special about Irish cream?

It is rich, sweet, and creamy, and brings a wonderful flavor to anything you use it for.

Irish Cream Dessert Sauce in a clear glass jar with a spoon coming out of the sauce. Sitting on a green and white towel in front of bread pudding

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