How to Cook Appetizing Baked Mac n Cheese

Baked Mac n Cheese.

You can have Baked Mac n Cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baked Mac n Cheese

1. You need 1/4 cup of butter or margarine.
2. Prepare 3 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
3. Prepare 2 cup of warm milk. microwave 2 cups of milk for about a minute to a minute and a half.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of chili powder...... to taste. you can substitute with cayenne for more spice if you wish. The cover photo shown, I used chili powder.
7. You need 8 oz of cream cheese.
8. Prepare 10 oz of shredded sharp white cheddar (I use cracker barrel aged reserve).
9. You need 8 oz of elbow macaroni cooked drained.
10. It's 1/2 cup of seasoned bread crumbs.

Baked Mac n Cheese instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Use a 3 qt pan to melt butter or margarine on medium low heat. Add flour and whisk until smooth and lump free. Slowly stir in warm milk whisking constantly. Let cook for about 5 minutes or until thickened..
2. Add salt, pepper and chili powder and cream cheese. Mix until cream cheese melts thoroughly. Remove from heat and immediately add shredded cheese (save some for the top). Mix well..
3. In a medium sized mixing bowl, pour cheese mixture over cooked, drained macaroni. Mix until all pasta is coated and let it set in the bowl for 5 minutes or so. This helps give the pasta time to absorb some of the cheese sauce..
4. Spoon macaroni and cheese mixture into a greased 2 quart baking dish. Add some shredded cheese to the top and sprinkle with seasoned bread crumbs. For more crunch add more crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown..