Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mac and cheese cups. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mac and Cheese Cups - Macaroni and cheese baked to perfection in muffin tins! Great for holidays and lunch boxes - it's portable and makes for easy serving! These mini Mac and Cheese Cups are a fun hors d'ouerve for parties, and they're easy to make using a mini muffin pan.
Mac and cheese cups is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mac and cheese cups is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mac and cheese cups using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mac and cheese cups:
- Make ready 1/2 # elbow macaroni (about 5-6C cooked)
- Take 2 1/2 Tbsp butter
- Make ready 2 Tbsp flour
- Get 1 1/2 C milk
- Make ready 2 1/2 C shredded cheddar cheese
- Take 2 oz cream cheese
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/4 tsp pepper
- Take 1 egg, beaten
Do this when you coat the pasta in the serving bowl, rather than while. A rich and creamy mac and cheese the people of all ages will love! Includes three kinds of cheese - cheddar, mozzarella and cream cheese. Made on the stovetop for a quick and easy side dish.
Instructions to make Mac and cheese cups:
- Preheat oven to 400°. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Cook pasta according to package.
- In a medium saute pan, melt the butter and add flour, whisking constantly to make the rue. Slowly add the milk and bring to a simmer. Add the cheeses and S&P and continue to whisk until all blended.
- Put the pasta in a medium bowl and pour in the beaten egg. Stir these together. Add the cheese mixture and coat the pasta. (This is where you can add more pasta if there seems to be a lot of sauce)
- Spoon the mixture into the muffin tins. Top each with a little more shredded cheddar cheese.
- Bake for 19 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes to scoop out and serve.
These cheesy homemade mac and cheese snacks are baked in a muffin tin for an easy and crowd-friendly appetizer that will have everyone asking for the recipe! Except that these mac and cheese cups are even more addictive than they are adorable, and you'll kind of want to eat all of them. Macaroni and cheese is a kid staple! So let's make them into cupcakes by baking them in muffin tins! This will reinvent the meal for your kids and make it easy for you to have them eat it on the go or pack it as a snack in their lunch bag.
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