McDonald's Barbecue Sauce

Summary

Handwritten recipe, on a single loose-leaf notebook sheet, for a barbecue sauce titled "Mcdonalds Barbecue Sauce" — presumably a homemade copycat of the restaurant's dipping sauce, not a document that came from McDonald's itself.

Key contents

• Title as written: "Mcdonalds Barbecue Sauce"
• Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 cups catsup (ketchup)
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Method: In a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring brown sugar, water, and vinegar to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes.
• Yield: about 5 cups
• Physical artifact: single sheet of blue-lined, three-hole-punched notebook paper, blue ink, cursive/print mix handwriting. No attribution or date on the page.