Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, baked mac n cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Baked Mac n Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Baked Mac n Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baked mac n cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac n Cheese:
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- Make ready 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Get 2 cup warm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1/4 tsp chili powder…… to taste. you can substitute with cayenne for more spice if you wish. The cover photo shown, I used chili powder
- Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
- Make ready 10 oz shredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve)
- Make ready 8 oz elbow macaroni cooked drained
- Prepare 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Once you try homemade mac and cheese, you'll never want the boxed stuff again. I cook mine in a soup crock.. Sharp cheddar cheese has been aged longer than regular cheddar. As cheese ages, its flavor becomes more pronounced.
Steps to make Baked Mac n Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Use a 3 qt pan to melt butter or margarine on medium low heat. Add flour and whisk until smooth and lump free. Slowly stir in warm milk whisking constantly. Let cook for about 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Add salt, pepper and chili powder and cream cheese. Mix until cream cheese melts thoroughly. Remove from heat and immediately add shredded cheese (save some for the top). Mix well.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, pour cheese mixture over cooked, drained macaroni. Mix until all pasta is coated and let it set in the bowl for 5 minutes or so. This helps give the pasta time to absorb some of the cheese sauce.
- Spoon macaroni and cheese mixture into a greased 2 quart baking dish. Add some shredded cheese to the top and sprinkle with seasoned bread crumbs. For more crunch add more crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown.
Using aged cheese in a recipe can add complexity and rich flavor, even to humble favorites like mac 'n' cheese. Unless otherwise specified, Taste of Home recipes are tested with lightly salted butter. What to serve with Baked Mac and Cheese. Mac and Cheese is worthy of serving as a meal in its own right, served with just a fresh green salad or simple vegetable side. Nothing heavy because Macaroni Cheese is so rich as it is!
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