white sauce butter balls

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77 Pinches
Ridgefield, CT
Updated on Feb 3, 2012

When you need a white sauce or need to thicken a soup or gravy, these are great and so easy to use.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • 2 cups butter, room temperature

How To Make white sauce butter balls

  • Step 1
    Line 2 Baking Sheets With Waxed Paper; Set Aside. In a sifter, combine Flour, Salt and Pepper. Sift Into a Large Bowl. Using a Electric Mixer - Cream Butter in Until Smooth (a Food Processor works fine too.) Mix flour mixture into butter.
  • Step 2
    Drop by Heaping Tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Roll into balls quickly so you don't melt them. (They can be frozen until you need them if you freeze them separately on a sheet before putting in a zip lock bag.)
  • Step 3
    Basic White Sauce Heat n' Serve - that's all there is to it! 1, 2, or 3 White Sauce Butter Balls and 1 cup cold milk In a small saucepan: Thin white sauce, combine 1 white sauce butter-ball and 1 cup of milk Medium white sauce, 2 butter-balls and 1 cup milk Thick white sauce, 3 butter balls and 1 cup milk - Stir constantly over medium heat - whisk to dissolve the butter ball and sauce thickens- No scorched Pot - Full Proof Success!

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