Best Homemade Cheese Sauce
4 Ingredient homemade cheese sauce in just 5 minutes! Creamy, dunkable, dipable cheese sauce perfect for topping veggies, tortilla chips for nachos and cheese fries.
Servings: 6
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Equipment
- box grater to grate cheese
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk can sub half and half or 2% not skim
- 4 ounce block sharp cheddar cheese freshly grated
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Grate the cheese then set aside. Warm milk in the microwave and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter then sprinkle the flour over the top.
- Whisk until smooth then continue simmering 1 minute. Pour in warm milk and season with salt then continue whisking constantly until the milk and flour mixture are combined.
- Add the cheese a little at a time stirring to combine.
- Taste and adjust salt as needed then eat right away.