Cream Of Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. tomato sauce
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. milk

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in a 2-quart saucepan.
Simmer 10 minutes.
Remove bay leaf.
Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan; blend in flour.
Stir in milk.
Cook until thickened.
Slowly add hot tomato mixture, stirring constantly.
Use a whisk to stir this helps.