Baked Mac n Cheese

Name: Baked Mac n Cheese
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or margarine; 3 tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 cup warm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp ground black pepper; 1/4 tsp chili powder...... to taste. you can substitute with cayenne for more spice if you wish. The cover photo shown, I used chili powder; 8 oz cream cheese; 10 oz shredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve); 8 oz elbow macaroni cooked drained; 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs

Rich518 @cook_2954790

Baked Mac n Cheese

Rich518 @cook_2954790

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Ingredients

1 hour

8 servings

1/4 cupbutter or margarine
3 tbspall-purpose flour
2 cupwarm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspground black pepper
1/4 tspchili powder...... to taste. you can substitute with cayenne for more spice if you wish. The cover photo shown, I used chili powder
8 ozcream cheese
10 ozshredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve)
8 ozelbow macaroni cooked drained
1/2 cupseasoned bread crumbs

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Steps

1 hour

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.
4

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.