Milk Sauce

Original Recipe

Dissolve a tablespoonful of flour in cold milk; see that it is free from lumps. Whisk an ounce of butter and a cupful of sugar to a cream and add to it a pinch of salt. Mix together half a pint of milk, one egg and the flour; stir this into the butter and add a dash of nutmeg, or any flavor; heat until near the boiling point and serve. Very nice in place of cold cream.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoonful of flour in cold milk
  • 1 cupful of sugar to a cream and add to it a pinch of salt
  • 1 pint of milk
  • 1 egg and the flour
  • 1 dash of nutmeg

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Dissolve a tablespoonful of flour in cold milk; see that it is free from lumps.

  2. 2

    Whisk an ounce of butter and a cupful of sugar to a cream and add to it a pinch of salt.

  3. 3

    Mix together half a pint of milk, one egg and the flour; stir this into the butter and add a dash of nutmeg, or any flavor; heat until near the boiling point and serve.

  4. 4

    Very nice in place of cold cream.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)