Recipe: Tasty Baked mac and cheese

Baked mac and cheese. He BEST Homemade Mac and Cheese of your LIFE. Outrageously cheesy, ultra creamy, and topped with a crunchy Panko-Parmesan topping, this mac and cheese recipe is most definitely a keeper. I used three different cheese and a homemade cheese sauce to take this macaroni and cheese recipe.

Do not worry that the sauce seems runny I had to try this recipe ever since I read the rating critizing it for being loaded with "fat" ie CHEESE. Duh, that's what Mac and cheese is about!! For the best baked mac and cheese, use extra-sharp white cheddar cheese for more flavor. —Shelby Thompson of Dover, Delaware. You can have Baked mac and cheese using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baked mac and cheese

1. It's 1 box of penne pasta.
2. It's 1 of small box Velveeta cheese.
3. You need 1 of small carton heavy whipping cream.
4. It's 1 of small bag shredded mild cheddar cheese.
5. It's 1 of small bag shredded colby jack cheese.
6. It's 1 of salt (to taste).
7. You need 1 of pepper (to taste).

Even people who have had their own homemade baked macaroni and cheese recipe for years ask for mine when they taste this crumb-topped version. Baked Mac and Cheese is the ultimate side dish for any meal made with three cheeses, this classic is perfect for the holidays and for summer cookouts! Baked mac and cheese is one of our favorite comfort foods ever! Cheese: Sharp cheddar gives this baked mac and cheese tons of flavor.

Baked mac and cheese step by step

1. Bring water to boil, following directions for pasta. Add pinch of salt to the water.
2. Once water is boiling, add pasta.
3. Cut Velveeta into small cubes and add to small saucepan. Cook over low to medium heat.
4. Add heavy cream and pepper to the small saucepan with Velveeta. Stir often, until all cheese is melted..
5. Once pasta has finished, drain and pour into baking dish..
6. Pour melted cheese mixture over pasta, coating evenly..
7. Add both bags of shredded cheess , covering the pasta and cheese sauce..
8. Bake at 375° until top starts to brown and cheese is bubbling around the edges.

The addition of gruyere to the cheese sauce in this recipe is next level but of course whatever you have on and will work just do not use pre-shredded cheese. Everyone's favorite classic mac and cheese! Super simple, super easy and super quick. You'll never want the boxed stuff ever again! This is the first baked mac and cheese I have made that we could actually eat!