Easy Baked Mac & Cheese
Easy Baked Mac & Cheese

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy baked mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This classic baked macaroni and cheese recipe is easy and delicious. Cheese, butter, milk, and eggs join macaroni noodles in a quick casserole. This classic baked macaroni and cheese recipe is easy and delicious.

Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy baked mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
  1. Prepare 16 oz elbow noodles
  2. Take 1/4 cup butter
  3. Make ready 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  4. Prepare 2 cup half & half
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup milk
  6. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  7. Take 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  8. Make ready 3/4 tsp mustard powder
  9. Make ready 8 dash hot sauce (I use Crystal)
  10. Take 3 stick Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  11. Make ready 5 slice bacon

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Give up the box mix because making Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese from scratch is easier than you think. Shredding a block of cheese adds a little more prep time but the smooth and creamy results are worth it. This dish makes for a great side dish that the family will love, or a fun casserole to bring to your next potluck dinner.

Steps to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Boil elbow noodles for approx. 9-10 min or until al dente.
  3. While noodles are cooking, shred cheddar cheese.
  4. Melt butter in saucepan and add flour, mustard powder, hot sauce, salt & pepper. Let bubble, while stirring for 2-3 min.
  5. Add milk and half & half to saucepan while stirring.
  6. Once milk sauce has become warm, put 2 sticks worth of cheese (16oz) in milk mixture and stir
  7. Drain noodles and return to pot. Add cheese sauce to noodles. Add mac & cheese to ungreased 13x9 baking dish.
  8. Bake mac & cheese for 30 minutes or until bubbly.
  9. While baking macaroni, cook bacon slices and once cooled, crumble bacon, set aside.
  10. Remove from oven and sprinkle last stick of cheese on top, followed by crumbled bacon.

For more tasty mac and cheese recipes, see our complete. Oven-Baked Mac and Cheese "This is a great recipe. I double it for a crowd, and everyone raves about it. A great dish to make for potlucks and parties. It's hard to go wrong with this one!" - Jenny M.

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