Simple Way to Make Award-winning Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese

  • PREP TIME
    PT29M
  • COOK TIME
    PT44M
  • DATE
    21/04/2020
  • NUTRITION
    140 calories

Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, nikki's bacon mac n cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have nikki's bacon mac n cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese:
  1. Get 1 lb cooked (al dente) penne pasta
  2. Make ready 2 9 oz pouches Pregresso Recipe Starters 3 cheese cooking sauce
  3. Get 1/4 cup light cream
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup milk (or just use 3/4 cup if you dont have cream)
  5. Prepare 4 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
  6. Prepare 8 slice american cheese
  7. Prepare 8 slice cooked and crumbled crispy bacon
  8. Get 2 tbsp yellow mustard
  9. Take 1 dash white pepper
  10. Get 1/2 cup italian panko bread crumbs with cheese (or just mix plain panko with italian bread crumbs)
Instructions to make Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese:
  1. preheat oven to 400, spray 3 quart casserole with cooking spray.
  2. in a 3 quart saucepan, heat cheese sauce, milk, and cream to boiling. stir. remove from heat and stir in mustard, american cheese, 2 cups cheddar, and pepper. stir until cheeses are melted. add pasta and half the bacon, mix well.
  3. spoon pasta mix into casserole, top with remaining cheddar. bake uncovered about 15 minutes and cheese is bubbly.
  4. sprinkle with bread crumbs and cook an additional 5 minutes. enjoy! **note: measurements for cheddar and bacon are suggestions based on what i use, feel free to add more if you prefer! :-P

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