Recipe: Tasty Baked Mac & Cheese

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Baked Mac & Cheese. Needless to say, with a nickname like Cheese, her Baked Mac and Cheese is definitely the best around. Zippier than average macaroni, but still recognizable and very comforting. Baked Mac and Cheese Even people who have had their own homemade baked macaroni and cheese recipe for years ask for mine when they taste this crumb-topped version.

Baked Mac & Cheese I used elbow pasta but really, any tubular past will work. This mac and cheese recipe starts with a roux. The roux is super important to getting the creamiest cheese sauce of your life. You can have Baked Mac & Cheese using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baked Mac & Cheese

  1. Prepare 1 box of Elbow macaroni.
  2. It's 1 stick of Butter.
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup of Flour.
  4. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
  5. It's 1 of Lowery seasoning salt.
  6. It's 1 tsp of Pepper.
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp of Ground Mustard seed.
  8. Prepare 1 cup of Sour cream.
  9. You need 1 cup of Milk.
  10. You need 1 of Egg.
  11. It's 2 cup of Grated Chedder.
  12. It's 3/4 cup of Panko.

Baked Macaroni is a pasta dish that makes use of elbow macaroni as the primary ingredient. At first look, this could be mistaken as the famous Macaroni and Cheese but there is more to this dish than just having pasta and cheese. This is the first baked mac and cheese I have made that we could actually eat! Can't wait to have the others.

Baked Mac & Cheese step by step

  1. Prepare noodles as directed.
  2. In a saucepan melt butter then add flour. Stir constantly to form a rue..
  3. Add milk and sour cream to rue..
  4. Stir in salt, Lowerys Seasoning salt, pepper and crushed mustard..
  5. Slowly add in whisked egg..
  6. Add grated cheese..
  7. Fold in cooked noodles..
  8. Add to baking dish..
  9. Top with Panko crumbs.
  10. Optional: add additional cheese before adding panko.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente. While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. 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.