Sunday dinner at Grandma Freida and PawPaw Speck's house was a family tradition. It was always a big gathering, but Grandma never knew in advance how many people would be there....maybe just a few, maybe 30! She just cooked, and there always seemed to be enough, it was always great and she never seemed to break a sweat! More people showed up......she would just cook another cup of rice! LOL!!! Her stantard dessert was Sara Lee pound cake and her special sauce. There was no recipe, she made it up as she went along and she had many variations. Here is the basic recipe. I watched her make it many times and had to practice and figure out the amounts because she NEVER measured anything. This is also the sauce I now use for my bread pudding....mmmm mmm good!
1/2 cup sugar
1cup milk
2-3T flour
dash vanilla
Cook all together, whisking constantly until the mixture simmers and thickens.
Some variations:
Use part/or all evaporated milk (Pet milk as she called)
add lemon or almond extract instead of vanilla
used part brown sugar/part white sugar
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