Creamy Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese

  • Created by: mmorganj41
  • Date added: 2023-01-21
  • This baked mac and cheese is a family favorite recipe, loved by children and adults.
    • Preparation time: 20
    • Cooking time: 15
    • Servings: 8

    • Ingredients:

      • 2.0 Cups: Elbow Macaroni
      • 0.5 Cups: Unsalted Butter
      • 0.5 Cups: All Purpose Flour
      • 1.5 Cups: Whole Milk
      • 2.5 Cups: Half and Half
      • 4.0 Cups: Sharp Cheddar Cheese
      • 2.0 Cups: Gruyere Cheese
      • 0.5 Tablespoons: Salt
      • 0.5 Teaspoons: Black Pepper
      • 0.25 Teaspoons: Paprika

    • Directions:

    • 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 3 qt baking dish (9x13"). Set aside. 2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When boiling, add dried pasta and cook 1 minute less than the package directs for al dente. Drain and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil to keep from sticking. 3. While water is coming up to a boil, shred cheeses and toss together to mix, then divide into three piles. Approximately 3 cups for the sauce, 1 1/2 cups for the inner layer, and 1 1/2 cups for the topping. 4. Melt butter in a large saucepan over MED heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk to combine. Mixture will look like very wet sand. Cook for approximately 1 minute, whisking often. Slowly pour in about 2 cups or so of the milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until smooth. Slowly pour in the remaining milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until combined and smooth. 5. Continue to heat over MED heat, whisking very often, until thickened to a very thick consistency. It should almost be the consistency of a semi thinned out condensed soup. 6. Remove from the heat and stir in spices and 1 1/2 cups of the cheeses, stirring to melt and combine. Stir in another 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until completely melted and smooth. 7. In a large mixing bowl, combine drained pasta with cheese sauce, stirring to combine fully. Pour half of the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheeses, then top that with the remaining pasta mixture. 8. Sprinkle the top with the last 1 1/2 cups of cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheesy is bubbly and lightly golden brown.

Nutritional Information


Calorie 884.02
Carbohydrate 133.30g
Fat 70.01g
Protein 42.52g

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Reviews

Date: 2023-01-21,

I love Mac and Cheese.
Reviewer: mmorganj41