Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Baked Mac & Cheese
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PREP TIMEPT34M
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COOK TIMEPT48M
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DATE08/06/2020
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NUTRITION173 calories
Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Baked Mac & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Take 7 slice Thick cut bacon
- Prepare 2 cup Elbow macaroni
- Get 1 dash Mustard powder
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp Italian Spices
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup mozzarella
- Get 1 1/2 cup Sharp cheddar
- Take 2 1/2 cup Half & half
- Get 2 1/2 tbsp All purpose flour
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1 dash salt
- Get 1 scallions
- Get 1 tsp Paprika
- Take 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
- Make ready 1 cup Colby jack
Steps to make Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add salt.
- Boil pasta to al dente, drain and store.
- In a large pot, melt down butter using low heat.
- Add 1 tbsp of all purpose flour to butter, stirring constantly to prevent lumping of flour.
- Repeat step 5 for the remaining all purpose flour.
- Cook flour in butter for approximately 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add 1 cup of half & half and mix constantly. Add mustard powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, and Italian spices.
- Add remaining half & half, constantly stirring.
- Continue heating mixture on low heat for approximately 5 minutes.
- Slowly add cheese into sauce while stirring. The cheese should not stick at all. Continue adding remaining cheese and mix until cheese is completely melted and there is a consistency.
- Place bacon into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Chop up bacon and scallions.
- Slowly mix pasta into cheese sauce. Place pasta into a Pyrex dish.
- Place Colby Jack cheese on top of pasta, top off with bacon and scallions.
- Bake pasta at 450°F for 35-40 minutes.
- Cheese should be browned and crisp when removing pasta from oven. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then serve.
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