White Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. hot milk
dash of cayenne (if desired)

Preparation

Melt butter in saucepan; stir in flour.
Cook slowly over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture bubbles for about 3 minutes.
Do not brown.
Remove from heat; add salt, milk and cayenne.
Stir rapidly with wooden spoon or with wire whisk.
Cook over medium heat until sauce bubbles, stirring constantly.
Cook 1 more minute.