Cheese Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. flour
dash of salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 c. milk
1/2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese

Preparation

Place butter in 4-cup glass bowl.
Microwave on High 35 to 45 seconds or until melted.
Stir in flour, salt and pepper to form smooth paste.
Gradually whisk in milk until smoothly blended. Microwave on High 4 to 5 minutes or until boiling and thickened, stirring every two minutes to ensure smoothness.
Stir in cheese (make sure sauce is completely thickened first).
Stir until melted.
Makes 1 1/3 cups.