Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Name: Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 lb elbow macaroni; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 1 tbsp powdered mustard; 3 cup milk; 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 tsp paprika; 1 large egg; 12 oz sharp cheddar, shredded; 3 tbsp butter; 1 cup panko bread crumbs

colorado_rudy @cook_3209113

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

colorado_rudy @cook_3209113

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Ingredients

1 hour

6 servings

1/2 lbelbow macaroni
3 tbspbutter
3 tbspflour
1 tbsppowdered mustard
3 cupmilk
1/2 cupyellow onion, finely diced
1bay leaf
1/2 tsppaprika
1 largeegg
12 ozsharp cheddar, shredded
Topping
3 tbspbutter
1 cuppanko bread crumbs

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 350°F.
2

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.
3

While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it's free of lumps. Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.
4

Temper in the egg. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.
5

Melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.