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This Homemade Barbecue Sauce……it’s just like Sweet Baby Ray’s and it totally has me wishful thinking…Come on. We were almost there, we even had some nice warm sunny days. I could feel spring!
Not!
But then, yeah you guessed it. It totally snowed last night.
I am not going back to my winter ways. I am rebelling against this weather!
It is April gosh darn it!
Technically I know April is a little early to be breaking out the grill, but let’s just say I am getting you guys ready for that hot spring day when you decide it is time to break out the grill.
Before you know April will be over, mid May will hit and with it will come (hopefully) warm temps! Or maybe you are lucky enough to be in one of those spots where the warm weather has already arrived…lucky you.
Really is there a better way to prepare for outdoor cooking than homemade BBQ sauce!
It’s pretty much any griller’s favorite sauce.
Heck whether you are griller, broiler, Gorge Foreman lover or baker, it is still probably your favorite sauce.
Over here we grill all year round. The boys CANNOT live without their grilled chicken or steak and my dad only likes his fish grilled. Not seared, not baked and not fried. Grilled.
So our grill gets a whole lot of use.
Therefore, we also go through a whole lot of BBQ sauce. Obviously.
Hands down, around here the family favorite is Sweet Baby Ray’s.
The problem? It is filled to the brim with high fructose corn syrup! Barf.
So I made my own. And oh fudge it is good! And like ridiculously easy. It takes me ten minutes to throw together! Yes, just 10 minutes! You definitely can’t get to the store and back in 10 minutes! Plus, my guess is you have every single ingredient in your kitchen right now. Honestly, it could not be simpler and it could not taste better. Even the texture is stop on. Sweet Baby Ray himself would not be able to tell the difference.
Yeah, I am serious. It is that good.
Homemade Barbecue Sauce....Just Like Sweet Baby Ray
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup, preferably organic
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice, or you can sub apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon worchestire sauce
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, use less if you don't like the heat
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients size sauce pot. Bring to a boil and reduce and simmer for five minutes or until all the sugar has dissolved. Serve immediately or cover and store in fridge.
Notes
Nutrition
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Bone suckin’, lick the spoon (jar, bowl, table, whatever), good!
I pinned! Can’t wait to try. It is very similar to the one I make, but I have never tried the pineapple juice…Thanks for sharing! at the Love Bakes Good Cakes Linky party!
Thank you and let me know if you give it a try!
I really love the idea of making my own BBQ sauce. I have not done it in years. The fam. has been bugging me to make ribs, I think this sauce would be perfect! Thank you for sharing.
This sauce is perfect for ribs!! I hope you guys love it!
This recipe is awesome! I can’t eat Sweet Baby Rays because it has high fructose corn syrup… so this is perfect 🙂 Thank you!!
I hate the high fructose corn syrup! Why eat it when you dont have to? This sauce is better anyway!
We just pulled out our grill here, but haven’t gotten around to using it yet. I have the feeling once we get it dusted off, it won’t get much of a chance to even cool down 🙂
The sauce looks fantastic. I love those shots of overflowing sauce…
The grill is the best and this sauce is SO good! Let me know if you use it! Thanks so much for reading!
My mouth is watering for some BBQ straight off the grill! Definitely giving this recipe a try! Thanks so much for sharing at Time to Sparkle Tuesday!
Liz
Let me know if you try it and thanks again for reading Liz!
Oh this looks so tasty! I love BBQ!!! Thanks for sharing on Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s!!!
BBQ Sauce is so good! Thanks so much!
Yum Teighan! I actually just used Sweet Baby Rays this weekend for a BBQ Pulled Pork dish… now I can make my own! Thanks chica! 🙂
Thanks Krista! This is so much better than the store bought stuff!
Sounds like it! Love the pineapple juice in it. 🙂
The pineapple juice is delish in this!
I love Sweet Baby Rays! Thanks for sharing! I Must try this!
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Thank you!
I never had Sweet Baby Rays, but this looks wonderful. I need this for ribs. Thank you for sharing. I needed a good recipe for BBQ sauce. I hope it’s as good as it looks. Pinned!
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Never had Sweet BAby rays! Wow, you have to try this then!
I LOVE Sweet Baby Rays! Pinned!
Thank you for pinning!
Gorgeous! I love BBQ sauce and am always needing good recipes. It’s already grilling weather here (she said, not trying to rub it in…)
You are so lucky! It is snowing like crazy here and it is not going to stop! Thanks for reading Dorothy!
I love sweet baby rays! Thanks for the recipe 😉
Thanks you!
Thank you so much… i’ve been looking for a good homemade sauce (ie, without all the HFCS!). i love your blog and love the fact that you’re following a passion at such a “springtime” age. go you!!
Ah, Thank you!! This is the nicest comment! It totally keeps me going!
Thank you Thank you! That is our favorite as well but I also worried about the “sugar” content. I will definitely be making this.
I hate al the sugar, which is why I made my own! I hope you love this!
How long will it keep?
At least a week, but more like a month or longer.
Hope you love this sauce!
This will freeze well also Jo …
Need to try this. Baby Rays has the best taste of any sauce I have ever used.
I agree! This sauce is better, so easy and SO much cheaper!
I just made the BBQ sauce. It is very good, but I will use less cayenne pepper next time. My mouth is still burning. HAHAHA!!! I had some left over grilled chicken so I cut it up and put the sauce on it. Made me a BBQ chicken sandwich on a whole wheat bun. My husband will probably like it that hot.
Also, I used sucanat instead of the brown sugar. I did not use the corn starch either. It was fine without it.
Yeah, the cayenne is hot! My family likes the heat, sorry about that! But I am glad you liked it! Thank for letting me know!
I love SBR’s sauce, but when I saw that the first ingredient on the label is high fructose corn syrup, I immediately went to look up a copycat recipe that would be a little bit healthier. Thanks for sharing, and I can’t wait to try it this weekend!!
Thanks Terri! Hopping you love this!! 🙂
Can i omit rhe mustard
It is a very subtle flavor, but if you do not have it on hand than yes. Hope you love this!