Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac n cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Baked Mac n Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Baked Mac n Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked mac n cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac n Cheese:
Get butter or margarine
Get all-purpose flour
Get warm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half
Make ready salt
Prepare ground black pepper
Make ready chili powder…… to taste. you can substitute with cayenne for more spice if you wish. The cover photo shown, I used chili powder
Prepare cream cheese
Make ready shredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve)
Take elbow macaroni cooked drained
Make ready seasoned bread crumbs
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.
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