Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, baked macaroni and cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This homemade baked macaroni and cheese is my most favorite and has pleased crowds, small families, kids and picky eaters alike-give it a try and you'll see why. So if you're looking for the real deal, the old school baked macaroni and cheese the way your grandma might have made it-this is it. Macaroni and cheese is an all-purpose comfort food, ready and able to assist you with any life event.
Baked macaroni and cheese is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Baked macaroni and cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook baked macaroni and cheese using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked macaroni and cheese:
- Get 3 tbsp butter
- Get 1/2 c flour
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Take 1 cup heavy cream
- Prepare 1 1/2 c shredded cheddar
- Take 1 1/2 c shredded mozzarella
- Take 1 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready I tsp onion powder
- Prepare 1 tsp paprika
- Get 1/2 c cream cheese
- Prepare 1 box cooked macaroni noodles
- Take 5 slices mild cheddar
- Get 6 slices yellow American cheese
It can be eaten for lunch or dinner, and can be reheated easily the next day. The typical way of making macaroni and cheese is in the pot, but why not take it a step further and bake it in the oven? 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.
Steps to make Baked macaroni and cheese:
- Cheese sauce mix together 3 tbsp melter butter and 1/2 cup of flour together in a crock pot and once combined add the heavy cream and buttermilk and the shredded cheddar and mozzarella whisk together until combined add the paprika the onion powder and the garlic powder whisk together and then let cook on low til cheese melts and sauce is rich and creamy and all cheese is melted about 20 minutes
- Once sauce is done combine cooked noodles in crock pot and let cook in crock pot for 20 minutes and sauce should be thick
- Remove from crockpot and add to a baking dish and put a bottom layer of noodle mixture and then add 5 slices mild cheddar and then add another layer of noodle mixture on top and then add 6 slices of yellow American cheese and then add another layer of noodle mixture
- Top with Panko bread crumbs and shredded Monterey jack cheese and bake at 350 for 45 minutes
This dish makes for a great side dish that the family will love, or a fun casserole to. Yall this baked macaroni and cheese is FULL OF SOUL!! That is the first thing that came to mind when I took that first bite. Usually, I'm not that into mac and cheese recipes that involve Velveeta, but this one….yeah, this one gets a pass! I just love how that top layer of smoked cheese forms like a crust.
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