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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (123g) Recipe makes 8 servings
Calories 310
Calories from Fat 172		(55%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 19.2g	29%
	Saturated Fat 11.7g	58%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 56mg		18%
Sodium 291mg		12%
Potassium 162mg		4%
Total Carbohydrate 21.1g		7%
	Dietary Fiber 0.8g	3%
	Sugars 0.5g
Protein 13.3g		26%
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Snobahr's Baked Mac 'n Cheese

Recipe #399395 | 50 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: SnoBahr
Nov 15, 2009

My family adores this, and it reheats quite nicely. This is NOT a low-fat recipe. I use cream when I have it on-hand, or a combination of cream and milk. I use whatever cheese I have on-hand, or I will pick up blocks of cheddar and/or Monterey jack, basically anything that will melt nicely. I avoid using the pre-shredded cheese, because they have a dusting of flour to keep them from clumping in the bag, and throws off the recipe in use. Tool cleanup gets interesting, too. I also use whatever small pasta I have onhand - macaroni, rotini, shells, etc.

SERVES 8 , 2 quarts (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups macaroni
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk or cream
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

1
Heat oven to 400°F.
2
Cook macaroni in lightly-salted boiling water until nearly tender.
3
Drain, mix with vegetable oil, return to now-empty pasta pot. Set aside.
4
In a medium saucepan, melt butter, then slowly add flour, stirring vigorously.
5
Slowly add milk, mixing thoroughly, so you don't have glop on the bottom of the pan and hot milk on top. I find a wisk is best for this part.
6
Reduce heat, ditch the wisk, slowly add cheese, and stir slowly and steadily. Congratulations. This is the Custard.
7
Add salt, pepper and cayenne. Stir s'more.
8
Pour custard (cheese mixture) over pasta, and mix thoroughly.
9
Pour glop into lightly greased casserole dish.
10
Sprinkle (cover) top of glop with grated parmesan.
11
Place in center of oven, and bake for 30-35 minutes.
12
Remove from oven, let sit for at least 10 minutes to allow the cheese custard to set.