Roux Roux Roux () is flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces. Roux is typically made from equal parts of flour and fat by weight. The flour is added to the melted fat or oil on the stove top, blended until smooth, and cooked to the desired level of brownness. Butter, vegetable oils, bacon drippings or lard are commonly used fats. Roux is used as a thickening agent for gravy, sauces, soups and stews. It provides the base for a dish, and other ingredients are added after the roux is complete. The fat is most often butter in
Cookie butter Cookie butter Cookie butter (Dutch: "Speculoospasta", Danish: "Trøffel-masse") is a food paste made primarily from speculoos cookie crumbs (known as Biscoff in the USA), fat (such as vegetable oil, condensed milk or butter), flour, and sugar. The ingredients are mixed until it becomes spreadable on a sandwich. In countries like Belgium, the Netherlands, and France, it is a common alternative to nut butter and chocolate spreads. The most common brand name is Lotus Bakeries. In 2007, two individual inventors took part in a Belgian TV inventor show, called De Bedenkers ("The Thinkers"), with competing recipes for a similar product: to