Baked Mac n Cheese
Baked Mac n Cheese

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, baked mac n cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This baked mac and cheese is a family favorite recipe, loved by both children and adults. My version uses a combination of cheeses for a gloriously cheesy dish! He BEST Homemade Mac and Cheese of your LIFE.

Baked Mac n Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Baked Mac n Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have baked mac n cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac n Cheese:
  1. Make ready 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  2. Get 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
  3. Make ready 2 cup warm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half
  4. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  6. Make ready 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
  7. Prepare 8 oz cream cheese
  8. Prepare 10 oz shredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve)
  9. Get 8 oz elbow macaroni cooked drained
  10. Take 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs

Made this mac n cheese bake per recipe and my family loved it. My wife and mother-in-law and oldest daughter thought it was great as is. My youngest and I, both charter members of BLAm (Bacon Lovers of America) will insist upon the smokey, cured goodness of pig candy being in the recipe next time. Baked Mac n Cheese - This is the perfect Holiday side dish, Mac and Cheese.

Instructions to make Baked Mac n Cheese:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Actually this is a classic side dish that is good. Everyone's favorite classic mac and cheese! Super simple, super easy and super quick. You'll never want the boxed stuff ever again! It's perfectly cheesy without being too gummy, and the crunchy tops are just to die for before you get into that creamy heaven underneath.

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