How to Prepare Award-winning Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, baked macaroni and cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked Macaroni and Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Baked Macaroni and Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked macaroni and cheese using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Macaroni and Cheese:

1. Prepare 1 1/2 cups dry elbow macaroni shells or cavatappi
2. Get 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3. Take 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
4. Make ready 2 cups milk not skim
5. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
6. Make ready 2 cups shredded cheese

Steps to make Baked Macaroni and Cheese:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. - Bring a pot of water to a boil; add a generous sprinkling of salt the pasta. - While the pasta cooks, melt the butter in a skillet or pot large enough to hold the pasta when it's done. - Add the flour and stir over medium heat until the mixture is lightly browned; 1-2 minutes.
2. Add the milk and whisk to remove any lumps and add the salt and pepper. - Cook over medium-high heat until the sauce thickens and starts to bubble. About 6 minutes. - Stir in the cheese and whisk until smooth and melted. Turn off the heat.
3. When the pasta is almost done but still firm, drain it and add to the sauce. - Stir the pasta into the sauce and bake in a greased 2 quart dish (or an 8x8 pan works pretty well) 20-25 minutes until browned and bubbly.
4. You can also skip baking it if you want it super creamy and just put it under the broiler to brown the top (keep an eye on it) and then serve.

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