Recipe: Perfect 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 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked Mac and cheese

1. Prepare 3 cups of water.
2. Prepare 3 cups of macaroni.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter.
5. It's 1/2 tablespoons of garlic powder.
6. It's 1/2 tablespoons of oregano.
7. Prepare 1 dash of Worcestershire sauce.
8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of flour.
9. You need 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese.
10. You need 1 cup of parmesan cheese.
11. Prepare 2 cups of bread crumbs.

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. Preheat oven to 400 degree F. Grease the soup cups or small casserole pan..
2. Boil 3 cups of water.
3. Add the macaroni to the water and cook til soft. Then drain the water..
4. In a saucepan melt the butter and mix the flour, garlic, oregano, milk, 1 cup of the cheddar cheese, 1/2 a cup of the parmesan cheese and the worcestershire in the saucepan til the cheese is melted.
5. Pour the mixture in the saucepan over the macaroni and stir it til the macaroni is coated..
6. Fill the soup cups or casserole pan with coated macaroni and sprinkle the remaining cheese over top with the bread crumbs..
7. Place it into the oven and bake it til the crumbs are golden and the cheese is melted.

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!