Mac & Cheese Home Comfort

Yield: 12 servings (plus leftovers)
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes (Bake Time)

Think outside of the Blue box, once you have this Mac & Cheese you will never go back to blue box with the orange powder.

Preheat oven to 350º

Ingredients

• 1 Box 32 oz. Elbow Macaroni
• 4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 stick 8oz. butter
• 2 cups of milk
• 4 tablespoon of flour
• 1 medium onion diced
• Dash of ground pepper
• 2 cups Italian breadcrumbs

Directions

1. In a large pot of water add salt, and a dash of oil. Bring it to a rolling boil and add the Elbow Macaroni and cook for about 8 minutes. Don’t over cook. (Cook a little under…You don’t want mushy noodles.)
2. Butter a large casserole dish and set it aside.
3. Drain and rinse noodles.
4. Dump into the casserole butter dish.
5. Use the same pan that the macaroni is cooked in. Melt 3/4 of a stick of butter.
6. Add diced onions and cook on low until the onions are clear.
7. Add flour gradually, stirring with a whisk or a fork to make a white roux.
8. Add a dash of pepper.
9. Gradually pour milk into the roux and continue stirring until it has thickened.
10. Continue stirring in 2 cups of the 4 cups of cheddar cheese, stir until cheese is melted.
11. Pour cheese sauce over the macaroni that is in the casserole dish and mix well.
12. Stir in 1 cup of cheddar cheese into the macaroni with the cheese sauce.
13. Cover the top of the macaroni with the last 1 cup of cheddar cheese.
14. Wipe out the pan that you made the sauce in with a paper towel.
15. Melt the remaining 1/4 butter in the pan.
16. Turn off burner and Stir in 2 cups of Italian Bread crumbs.
17. Spread over Mac and Cheese.
18. Place a foil over dish and bake at 350º for 20 minutes (if in a hurry scoop a serving out into a bowl or plate and nuke it in the microwave to melt the cheese.)

*Tip you can cut the recipe in half and serve as a side-dish.

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