How to Make Award-winning Baked macaroni and cheese

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, baked macaroni and cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked macaroni and cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Baked macaroni and cheese is something that I have loved my entire life.

Place the lightly cooked macaroni in the prepared baking dish. Pour the egg and cheese liquid over the macaroni, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and stir well. This homemade baked macaroni and cheese is my most favorite and has pleased crowds, small families, kids and picky eaters alike-give it a try and you'll see why. So if you're looking for the real deal, the old school baked macaroni and cheese the way your grandma might have made it-this is it.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook baked macaroni and cheese using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked macaroni and cheese:

1. Take 3 tbsp butter
2. Take 1/2 c flour
3. Take 1 cup buttermilk
4. Get 1 cup heavy cream
5. Get 1 1/2 c shredded cheddar
6. Prepare 1 1/2 c shredded mozzarella
7. Get 1 tsp garlic powder
8. Make ready I tsp onion powder
9. Prepare 1 tsp paprika
10. Make ready 1/2 c cream cheese
11. Take 1 box cooked macaroni noodles
12. Make ready 5 slices mild cheddar
13. Make ready 6 slices yellow American cheese

Macaroni and cheese is a classic meal, and for many people, it is a comfort food. The typical way of making macaroni and cheese is in the pot, but why not take it a step further and bake it in the oven? The result is just as delicious, if not more, and has a delightfully crispy texture on top. Yall this baked macaroni and cheese is FULL OF SOUL!!

Steps to make Baked macaroni and cheese:

1. Cheese sauce mix together 3 tbsp melter butter and 1/2 cup of flour together in a crock pot and once combined add the heavy cream and buttermilk and the shredded cheddar and mozzarella whisk together until combined add the paprika the onion powder and the garlic powder whisk together and then let cook on low til cheese melts and sauce is rich and creamy and all cheese is melted about 20 minutes
2. Once sauce is done combine cooked noodles in crock pot and let cook in crock pot for 20 minutes and sauce should be thick
3. Remove from crockpot and add to a baking dish and put a bottom layer of noodle mixture and then add 5 slices mild cheddar and then add another layer of noodle mixture on top and then add 6 slices of yellow American cheese and then add another layer of noodle mixture
4. Top with Panko bread crumbs and shredded Monterey jack cheese and bake at 350 for 45 minutes

The result is just as delicious, if not more, and has a delightfully crispy texture on top. Yall this baked macaroni and cheese is FULL OF SOUL!! That is the first thing that came to mind when I took that first bite. Usually, I'm not that into mac and cheese recipes that involve Velveeta, but this one….yeah, this one gets a pass! I just love how that top layer of smoked cheese forms like a crust.

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