Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, easy baked mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Easy Baked Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easy baked mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
Take 16 oz elbow noodles
Get 1/4 cup butter
Take 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Prepare 2 cup half & half
Prepare 1 1/2 cup milk
Get 1 tsp salt
Take 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Take 3/4 tsp mustard powder
Get 8 dash hot sauce (I use Crystal)
Get 3 stick Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Get 5 slice bacon
Instructions to make Easy Baked Mac & Cheese:
Preheat oven to 375
Boil elbow noodles for approx. 9-10 min or until al dente.
While noodles are cooking, shred cheddar cheese.
Melt butter in saucepan and add flour, mustard powder, hot sauce, salt & pepper. Let bubble, while stirring for 2-3 min.
Add milk and half & half to saucepan while stirring.
Once milk sauce has become warm, put 2 sticks worth of cheese (16oz) in milk mixture and stir
Drain noodles and return to pot. Add cheese sauce to noodles. Add mac & cheese to ungreased 13x9 baking dish.
Bake mac & cheese for 30 minutes or until bubbly.
While baking macaroni, cook bacon slices and once cooled, crumble bacon, set aside.
Remove from oven and sprinkle last stick of cheese on top, followed by crumbled bacon.
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