Steps to Prepare Baked Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baked mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Baked Mac & Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life.

Recipe of Baked Mac & Cheese

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese:

1. Prepare 7 slice Thick cut bacon
2. Make ready 2 cup Elbow macaroni
3. Get 1 dash Mustard powder
4. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp Italian Spices
5. Get 1 1/2 cup mozzarella
6. Take 1 1/2 cup Sharp cheddar
7. Make ready 2 1/2 cup Half & half
8. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp All purpose flour
9. Take 1/4 cup butter
10. Get 1 dash salt
11. Get 1 scallions
12. Make ready 1 tsp Paprika
13. Make ready 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
14. Make ready 1 cup Colby jack

Instructions

Steps to make Baked Mac & Cheese:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add salt.
3. Boil pasta to al dente, drain and store.
4. In a large pot, melt down butter using low heat.
5. Add 1 tbsp of all purpose flour to butter, stirring constantly to prevent lumping of flour.
6. Repeat step 5 for the remaining all purpose flour.
7. Cook flour in butter for approximately 1 minute, stirring constantly.
8. Add 1 cup of half & half and mix constantly. Add mustard powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, and Italian spices.
9. Add remaining half & half, constantly stirring.
10. Continue heating mixture on low heat for approximately 5 minutes.
11. Slowly add cheese into sauce while stirring. The cheese should not stick at all. Continue adding remaining cheese and mix until cheese is completely melted and there is a consistency.
12. Place bacon into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
13. Chop up bacon and scallions.
14. Slowly mix pasta into cheese sauce. Place pasta into a Pyrex dish.
15. Place Colby Jack cheese on top of pasta, top off with bacon and scallions.
16. Bake pasta at 450°F for 35-40 minutes.
17. Cheese should be browned and crisp when removing pasta from oven. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then serve.

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