my sister's cheese sauce

How To Make my sister's cheese sauce

• Step 1
  Warm the milk, add the butter and melt, bring to slow boil and slowly add the slices of American cheese. (Salt and pepper to taste.)
• Step 2
  Whisk the milk and cheese mixture and continue cooking until it makes a thick pourable sauce. If you need to thicken it more, combine a little cold milk with a tablespoon of corn starch and then add to sauce and cook for 1 or 2 minutes until thickened.
• Step 3
  For au gratin potatoes: Slice 5 lbs unpeeled potatoes and par boil them in salted water until about half done (they will finish cooking in the oven). Pour the thickened sauce on the potatoes and stir -- Bake 350 F for 30 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender
• Step 4
  ALTERNATIVES for au gratin potatoes: Susan said she sometimes puts in a little cubed ham or deli ham cut in small pieces, and if she does, she also changes the sauce to be 3/4 C milk and 3/4 C chicken broth with everything else the same.
• Step 5
  For Mac and cheese: Prepare your pasta of choice, and pour the sauce on. You're done. (Her kids rave about her mac and cheese.)
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