Easy Cheese Sauce

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 8 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 to 1 cup evaporated milk, or light cream

1 cup processed American cheese

Optional: 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder

1 dash pepper

Optional: 1 dash paprika

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, whisk together the cream and mustard. Heat over medium heat until steaming hot; do not boil.

Stir in cheese, heating and stirring until cheese starts to melt.

Remove from heat; stir until all cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth.

Add pepper and paprika, to taste.

The sauce is not as thick as a roux-thickened sauce, but it makes a good topping for vegetables. It will thicken more as it cools slightly. See below for thicker sauce.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 cup (4 servings)
• Calories: 210 kcal
• Total Fat: 15 g
• Saturated Fat: 9 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 49 mg
• Sodium: 267 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0 g
• Total Sugars: 6 g
• Protein: 11 g