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Simple White Sauce

Simple White Sauce

  • Makes: 1 ½ cups (375 mL)  
  • Freezes: not recommended 
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes 

Ingredients

1½ tbsp22 mL butter

1½ tbsp22 mL Robin Hood® All Purpose Flour

1 can354 mL Carnation® Regular, 2% or Fat Free Evaporated Milk

1 tsp5 mL salt

Nutritional Information

Directions

  1 Melt butter in medium saucepan, add flour and cook over low heat stirring for 1 minute.

  2 Whisk in milk and salt. Bring to a boil, lower heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until sauce has thickened.

Tip(s)

The sauce should lightly coat the back of a spoon.


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