Recipe: Delicious 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.

My version uses a combination of cheeses for a gloriously cheesy dish! Super simple, super easy and super quick. You'll never want the boxed stuff ever again! You can cook Baked Mac and Cheese using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked Mac and Cheese

1. 🢂 60 gr of unsalted butter.
2. 🢂 90 gr of all purpose flour.
3. 🢂 2 1/2 cups of milk, I used skim.
4. 🢂 1/4 tsp of kosher salt.
5. 🢂 1/4 tsp of paprika powder or pinch.
6. 🢂 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
7. 🢂 2 1/2 cups of finely sfinely shredded mild cheddar cheese, I used mix of yellow & red cheddar cheese.
8. 🢂 1/3 cup of finely shredded mozarella cheese.

This is the first baked mac and cheese I have made that we could actually eat! For the best baked mac and cheese, use extra-sharp white cheddar cheese for more flavor. —Shelby Thompson of Dover, Delaware. Baked mac and cheese is one of our favorite comfort foods ever! Cheese: Sharp cheddar gives this baked mac and cheese tons of flavor.

instructions Baked Mac and Cheese

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to aldente level. I recommend cooking the pasta a minute less than the directions. Drain and set aside for a few minutes..
2. To prepare roux, melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once melted whisk in flour, salt, pepper and paprika powder. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Slowly whisk in milk, stirring continuously until thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and stir in cheese until melted..
3. Transfer cooked pasta to large dutch oven or pot over low heat. Pour cheese sauce over top, stirring to combine, toss lightly. This is a thick and creamy sauce. Do not mix too thoroughly, it's better left messy. To thin the sauce, add a few tablespoons of milk at a time until at desire consistency. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with mozarella cheese over the top..
4. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 8-10 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Broil for about 5 minutes to brown the top. Makes 6 servings..

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 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! 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.