Easy Baked Mac & Cheese
Easy Baked Mac & Cheese

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy baked mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my whole life.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy baked mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
  1. Make ready 16 oz elbow noodles
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup butter
  3. Get 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  4. Make ready 2 cup half & half
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup milk
  6. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  7. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  8. Make ready 3/4 tsp mustard powder
  9. Make ready 8 dash hot sauce (I use Crystal)
  10. Make ready 3 stick Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  11. Take 5 slice bacon

I used to call it 'Ann's Mac and Cheese Bake,' but it was actually invented by my grandmother Bee. About this baked macaroni and cheese: This baked macaroni and cheese is made like Grandma used to make it, the old fashioned baked in a casserole dish style. If you're looking for a creamy, non-baked recipe, you'll probably love this copycat Panera mac and cheese or Instant Pot macaroni and cheese. I just love this baked macaroni and cheese.

Steps to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Boil elbow noodles for approx. 9-10 min or until al dente.
  3. While noodles are cooking, shred cheddar cheese.
  4. Melt butter in saucepan and add flour, mustard powder, hot sauce, salt & pepper. Let bubble, while stirring for 2-3 min.
  5. Add milk and half & half to saucepan while stirring.
  6. Once milk sauce has become warm, put 2 sticks worth of cheese (16oz) in milk mixture and stir
  7. Drain noodles and return to pot. Add cheese sauce to noodles. Add mac & cheese to ungreased 13x9 baking dish.
  8. Bake mac & cheese for 30 minutes or until bubbly.
  9. While baking macaroni, cook bacon slices and once cooled, crumble bacon, set aside.
  10. Remove from oven and sprinkle last stick of cheese on top, followed by crumbled bacon.

Get your cheese fix with this Easy Baked Mac and Cheese! Cheddar and jack cheese melted into a simple sauce, tossed with elbow macaroni and then layered making this the cheesiest baked mac and cheese! Give up the box mix because making Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese from scratch is easier than you think. Shredding a block of cheese adds a little more prep time but the smooth and creamy results are worth it. This dish makes for a great side dish that the family will love, or a fun casserole to bring to your next potluck dinner.

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