Recipe of Perfect Baked Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Baked Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese:

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

Instructions 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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