Best Baked Macaroni and Cheese

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Straight from the oven and into your tummy...this macaroni and cheese recipe!

To me there is nothing more comforting then making and eating my mom's recipe for baked macaroni and cheese. It has less then 6 ingredients so it is super easy to go from cooking it up to munching it down in under an hour. Add steamed broccoli or carrots and you have a real full meal deal! Enjoy and let me know how yours turned out.

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My Mom's Tried and True Recipe! 

Our family favorite

Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese


Cook 1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni in boiling, lightly salted water per package directions for al dente; drain in a colander, rinse with warm water, set aside. In the pasta pan melt 3T butter; blend in 2T flour. Then slowly whisk in 2 cups of milk and stir constantly until thick and bubbly. Add 2 cups of cubed cheddar cheese; stir in until melted. Toss in the cooked elbow macaroni, blending well. Turn out into a lightly buttered 1 1/2 quart casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown on top and bubbly. Makes 6 servings...if you are lucky :)

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Alternative Pastas 

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  • Broccoli is a tubular pasta, with ridges, and usually two full twists.
  • Farfalle is commonly known as "bow-ties" the name derives from the Italian for butterfly.
  • Fusilli is a small, thick, corkscrew shaped pasta. The word fusilli means " little spindles" in Italian.
  • Gemelli are two strand twisted pasta about one and a half inches long.
  • Penne is a type of pasta with cylinder-shaped pieces, usually with a ridged surface with the ends cut on the angle.

Pasta Definitions: Italian Pasta Shapes, The Official Online Dictionary, Penne Wiki, Fusilli Wiki


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Tips and Ideas

  • Before baking top with plain or seasoned bread crumbs, crumbled tortilla chips, thinly sliced tomatoes, or grated Parmesan
  • Combine different cheeses for a flavor change
  • Add 1/4 cup of finely chopped onions and blend well
  • Thinly slice 1/2 lb of regular or spicy Kielbasa sausage and stir in before baking
  • Cube or slice one cup of baked ham and mix into the dish prior to baking

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We All Have Our Taste Preferences 

Go ahead, I won't be too harsh on ya!

I love ketchup!

I gotta have ketchup on my mac and cheese!

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Everytime! If I'm out I'll go borrow a pack or ten from Mickey-dee's...shhh!

LoKackl says:

Yum! Yum! Sign me up!

Posted June 10, 2009

Saachi says:

It does sound unnatural...I've never had it that way, but who knows what.. when you're VERY hungry and have nothing to eat.... it might be a different story.. lol

Posted April 28, 2009

Heather says:

i have to have ketchup on my mac and cheese too!! cant live without it.

Posted January 12, 2009

Are you totally nuts?! That stuff is only for Mickey-dee burgers...I'm right ya know!

sittonbull says:

Are you kidding? The taste of Mama's Mac&Cheese is a "piece 'd resistance" in itself... Arrrgh... the thought of sullying that with Ketchup.... Oooooh...Papawu has it right... sacrilege!

Posted July 09, 2009

nightbear says:

No can't say I'd put catsup on my Mac and cheese. But I wouldn't object if you wanted to.

Posted May 23, 2009

Rogue says:

My husband can't eat it without ketchup, but he also can't eat Mac and Cheese without a peanut butter sandwitch. GROSS.

Posted May 13, 2009

papawu says:

Oh No! This sounds like sacrilige to me. Some Texas Pete or Crystal hot sauce maybe, but definitely not ketchup.

Posted May 09, 2009

fotolady49 says:

No way - if anything it would be Trappey's Red Devil Hot Sauce! But as you said, everyone has their own taste preferences. But if it is really good and yummy and just the right amount of crunchy....I wouldn't put anything on it except fresh course ground black pepper.

Posted May 02, 2009

 
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hlkljgk wrote...

i've never made my own mac & cheese - i will have to try this recipe

ReplyPosted July 12, 2009

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sittonbull wrote...

Ohhh yummy! One of my favorite all time dishes is Mama's Macaroni & Cheese. Salivating all over my keyboard just reading and thinking about it! Thanks a lot Correen... I just ate and now I'm hungry again. I tell you... between you and JJ and Chef Keem... my resolution to lose 10# is suffering. :D

ReplyPosted July 09, 2009

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BevsPaper wrote...

You made my mouth water! I love good old fashioned mac and cheese.

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Sadheeskumar wrote...

This is nice, tasty and delicious lens. Great work.
Five stars to You.

ReplyPosted May 24, 2009

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nightbear wrote...

Very yummy looking and sounding. How did you do the recipe print card, Just used Jim??Very clever.

ReplyPosted May 23, 2009

 
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