Cajun Baked Roux - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 quart flour
1 pint cooking oil

Preparation

Thoroughly mix together the flour and the oil in a heavy Dutch oven.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F and place the Dutch oven on the center shelf of the preheated oven.
Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or a bit longer if you will have a very dark roux, stirring the mixture about every 15 minutes.
When it is cool, store in jars in the refrigerator for future use.