Baked Mac and Cheese
This delicious Baked Mac and Cheese is such a tasty mix of cheeses in the perfectly creamy cheese sauce to make the ultimate comfort food.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb corkscrew pasta or elbow pasta
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 lb Colby jack cheese shredded
- ½ lb cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp paprika
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 12 oz evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add the pasta, and cook according to the package instructions.
- Drain the cooked pasta and set it to the side.
- Add all of the seasonings into a small bowl and stir.
- In the same pot the pasta was cooked in, melt butter over medium heat once it’s melted add in half of the seasonings, and stir well.
- Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the evaporated milk.
- Whisk in the heavy cream.
- Whisk in the remaining seasonings.
- Bring the sauce up to a simmer, turn the heat to low, and let simmer until the sauce gets thicker.
- Add in half of all of the cheese and whisk well to melt the cheese.
- Stir in the pasta into the cheese sauce.
- Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Spread half of the pasta mixture to the bottom of the baking dish, and sprinkle half of the remaining cheese over the pasta. Spread the remaining macaroni over the cheese layer. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
- Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven or until the cheese is melted.
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Nutrition
Calories: 978kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 65g | Saturated Fat: 39g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 201mg | Sodium: 1123mg | Potassium: 447mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 2183IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1031mg | Iron: 2mg
