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Baked Macaroni & Cheese

June 26, 2014 | 30 Minute Meals

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Baked Macaroni & Cheese | Garnish & GlazeMac & Cheese.  The ultimate comfort food.  Why?  Because it’s full of creamy, cheesy goodness!  And it’s a reminder of childhood.

Now I know many of you out there like Kraft Mac n’ Cheese… but where’s the cheese?!  This Baked Macaroni & Cheese is where it’s at!

Baked Macaroni & Cheese | Garnish & GlazeOkay, I can’t ignore it.  Isn’t this little blue dish the cutest dishware you’ve ever seen!?  I was at Bed Bath and Beyond a few months ago and ran into this cutie for $5 in the clearance section and it was begging me to take it home.  I had one of those $5 off if you spend $15 (love their coupons!) so I just had to get it.  Ya know what I mean?  …but really, I had to get it to get up to my $15 to use the coupon. 🙂

Baked Macaroni & Cheese | Garnish & GlazeMy husband loves that there is more cheese on top.  He says that it’s all about the “appearance” or illusion of more cheese… because let’s face it, people love cheese.  BUT, if you don’t care for more cheese and you want to skip the baking you can definitely serve up the creamy pasta straight from the pan.  It’s delicious!  I actually didn’t put all the pasta in the casserole dish and ate like half a cup of the cheesy macaroni while the rest of it baked.

Baked Macaroni & Cheese | Garnish & GlazeInstead of baking the pasta in one large dish you can totally divide it up into whatever oven safe dishes you have to make individual portions.  Great way to portion control and who doesn’t love a cute little personal size dish?!

Oh and steamed broccoli tastes great as a side.  I even kind of mix it in with my macaroni and eat them in the same bite.  Cheesy broccoli is delish!

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Baked Macaroni & Cheese

To make this meal even faster you can skip the baking and just take it from the pan to your plate. Steamed broccoli is a great side to this dish.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time25 mins
Total Time30 mins
Servings: 8
Author: Garnish and Glaze

Ingredients

  • 1 pound elbow macaroni
  • 1/4 cup 1/2 stick butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 2 1/2 cups whole milk, if you must, you can also use 1% or 2%
  • 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, freshly grated
  • 1 cup Colby cheese, freshly grated
  • 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, freshly grated (divided)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, black is fine too

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and grease a 2 quart casserole dish (9x13 inch pan works too).
  • Boil pasta according to package until al dente.
  • Meanwhile, in a medium sauce pan, melt butter over medium high heat. Whisk in the flour until lumps are gone. Whisk in 1/2 cup of milk until smooth and then slowly stir in the remaining milk and add the salt (taste and add more salt if desired) and pepper. Simmer for 6-8 minutes while continuing to stir (you must stir or else it will curdle) until thick. Remove from heat and stir in all but 1/2 cup of cheese.
  • Fold cheese mixture into cooked and drained pasta and then place in casserole dish. Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese, sprinkle with fresh cracked pepper, and bake for 15 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Let it rest 5 minutes before serving.
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Comments

  1. Mika Donelson says

    September 6, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    the day I saw this I made it for my family, it was amazing, but my grandma suggested adding some progresso bread crumbs on the top befor baking to give it some extra flavor variety

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      September 7, 2014 at 10:36 am

      Mika- So glad you found this recipe and enjoyed it with your family! I’ve seen mac n cheese with bread crumbs on but have never tried it. I really like the extra cheese on top so maybe I’ll try it with both!

      Reply
  2. Jess says

    July 13, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    Well, my dinner is sorted for tonight! Its winter over here in Australia so this is just the yummy comfort food I was digging. Thanks! xx

    Reply
  3. Judi says

    June 26, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    Grace and I saw this recipe last night and decided we just had to make it for dinner tonight since the missionaries were coming. We doubled the recipe and almost ate all of it! Delicious! Can’t beat homemade mac and cheese!

    By the way, the broiler chickens are meat chickens and different than laying hens. We have laying hens too but they haven’t started to lay yet.

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      June 28, 2014 at 12:42 am

      Yay!! Thanks for sharing that you liked it. I love hearing that my recipes are actually being used and people are enjoying yummy food! 🙂

      I think I need to become more educated about chickens! haha! Well I look forward to hearing how your eggs are once they start producing. I am really excited for more posts on your garden though! I’m afraid we might kill some of our plants that we planted in pots on our balcony. Our tomatoes are doing good but our pepper plant is struggling. 🙁

      Reply

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