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Basic White Sauce Recipe

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This recipe for Basic White Sauce is from Fifty Years in the Kitchen by Marj Moritz, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
THIN:
1 T. butter
1 T. flour
¼ tsp. salt
1½ cups milk
Dash pepper

MEDIUM:
2 T. butter
2 T. Flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup milk
Dash pepper

THICK:
3 T. butter
4 T. flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup milk
Dash pepper
Directions:
Directions:
1. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat.
2. Blend in flour, salt, and dash pepper.
3. Add milk all at once (whisk), Cook quickly, stirring constantly till mixture thickens and bubbles.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I use this recipe for everything! It's a great base for sauces, creamed vegetables, gravys and so on. This is a good one that I use so much!

 

 

 

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