Crusty Macaroni and Cheese

From: Beezie11

On Nov 11, 2008

Delicious, I made it for my husbands birthday party and everyone loved it. Now whenever my parents come to visit my dad asks for it, it makes me happy to have found something that I can give him to make him happy!

From: atlfitgirl

On Mar 10, 2008

We loved the crust on the top of this macaroni but my BF ( who is the mac n cheese lover in the house) found the inside to be very dry and bland. I guess we like a creamier mac n cheese... We ended up eating the very top layer with our meal... which was very yummy! Very easy to prepare but we will probably never make it again. Thanks for posting!!!

From: PaulaG

On Aug 22, 2006

This is definately easy to put together. I cooked it at 375 degrees for 45 minutes and it was plenty crusty. If I cooked it any longer it would have been to hard. I think I might try making this again and reducing the temperature to 350 degrees. I will also increase the cayenne next time around. I did use the combination of processed and cheddar cheese. The processed cheese helps to give the creamy texture to mac n cheese.

From: Picholine

On Oct 19, 2006

The three stars are for the lovely crust, but the flavor was bland. I'm learning that if I don't make a roux, the cheese disappears into the milk and is never heard from again! I even used an extra cup of cheese (I used all extra sharp white cheddar) and we could still barely taste it. I'm going to combine this cooking technique (but cut the time to an hour total since some parts were too crunchy) with a roux-based sauce--I hate to use the extra pot but it's worth it to not lose all that cheese and to have the creamy texture.