Recipe: Tasty Baked mac and cheese

Baked mac and cheese. He BEST Homemade Mac and Cheese of your LIFE. Outrageously cheesy, ultra creamy, and topped with a crunchy Panko-Parmesan topping, this mac and cheese recipe is most definitely a keeper. I used three different cheese and a homemade cheese sauce to take this macaroni and cheese recipe.

If you have a cast iron or oven-safe pan handy, you can even bake it in the same pan that you use to make the sauce! Super simple, super easy and super quick. You'll never want the boxed stuff ever again! You can cook Baked mac and cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked mac and cheese

1. 🢂 1 lb of large elbow noodles.
2. 🢂 32 oz of chicken broth.
3. 🢂 1 cup of heavy cream.
4. 🢂 2 of eggs.
5. 🢂 1 cup of sour cream.
6. 🢂 2 cups of sharp cheddar.
7. 🢂 1 cup of Monterey jack.
8. 🢂 1 tsp of onion powder.
9. 🢂 1 tsp of garlic powder.
10. 🢂 1 tsp of chili powder.
11. 🢂 1 tsp of paprika.
12. 🢂 1 stick of butter.

This is the first baked mac and cheese I have made that we could actually eat! Southern Baked Mac and Cheese - super creamy, cheesy, soulful baked mac and cheese filled with great Southern flavors. You will never break open a box again! Baked mac and cheese is one of our favorite comfort foods ever!

step by step Baked mac and cheese

1. Boil elbow noodles in chicken broth to Al dente.
2. Mix heavy cream and 2 eggs together in a bowl and set aside.
3. Grease your cast iron with butter and preheat oven to 375.
4. Drain noodles and stir in butter (sliced), sour cream,seasoning and heavy cream mixture.
5. Once incorporated mix 1 cup cheddar and 1/2 cup of Monterey jack.
6. Spoon in half of the mixture and layer 1/2 cup cheddar and 1/4 cup Monterey jack.
7. Layer in the remaining noodles and cheese. Sprinkle with a dusting of paprika.
8. Bake for about 40 minutes or until golden crust forms.

Cheese: Sharp cheddar gives this baked mac and cheese tons of flavor. The addition of gruyere to the cheese sauce in this recipe is next level but of course whatever you have on and will work just do not use pre-shredded cheese. If this baked mac and cheese happens to be fed to you by a friend who invites you over when you are sad beyond sadness, then It was everything wonderful that a baked mac and cheese should be - not overwhelmingly gooey, just the right balance of inner cheesiness with crispy baked-up edges and. It can be served as a main dish or side dish. You guys all know my dad makes the BEST cinnamon rolls.