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RecipeSauces and RelishesYield: 3/4 cup (twelve 1-tablespoon servings)

White Sauce

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 361. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Dash pepper
  • 3/4 cup milk

Instructions

  1. In a small saucepan melt margarine or butter. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once.
  2. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more.
  3. microwave directions: In a 2-cup measure micro-cook margarine or butter, uncovered, on 100% power (high) for 30 to 40 seconds or till melted. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add 1/2 cup milk all at once and stir to combine. Cook, uncovered, on high for 2 to 4 minutes or till thickened and bubbly, stirring every 30 seconds.

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

Image credit: Image attribution: "Rice omlet with white sauce" by pelican; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/5522509380. Cropped/resized.

Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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