Best Cheese Sauce

Name: Best Cheese Sauce
Total time: 15
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 0.5 cup butter; 0.25 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups half-and-half; 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese; 1 teaspoon salt; 0.5 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe by Pam Witzig from allrecipes.com

Dinner 15 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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0.5 cup butter
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0.25 cup all-purpose flour
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2 cups half-and-half
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2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

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1 teaspoon salt
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0.5 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour and cook until mixture is smooth and bubbly, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in half-and-half, Cheddar cheese, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes. Keep warm until serving.