[GMONEY]

Anyone got any good recipes for Baked Mac and Cheese. would be appreciated. Thanks

[fgrider]

I have also been looking for a recipe like my grandmother used to make. If anyone has it I would appreciate it. If I remember correctly she cooked the elbow mac and then layered it with butter, thick slices of cheese, milk and topped it with crushed saltines then baked it. It was the BEST ever but I have never been able to duplicate it.

Ginny R,

[juneroses]

This is my favorite:

Macaroni and Cheese Supreme (from the Kraft Cheese Cookbook)

½-3/4 cup diced onions
¼ cup margarine
2 cups (8 oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups (7 oz) elbow macaroni, cooked and drained

Saute onions in butter. Combine with rest of ingredients.
Pour into greased 8” square baking dish or 1.5 qt casserole
Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

Optional: After 20 minutes of baking, top with tomato slices and sprinkle with parmesan cheese; continue baking until set.

[GMONEY]

Thanks will try it out

[Boomer]

My mom made wonderful mac and cheese. She was one heckuva cook. I am not.

Her mac and cheese secret was a little dry mustard. I wish I could tell you how much. I don't know. I use it, too. But I do not measure it. Maybe someone else here can help with the amount. -- maybe start with a teaspoon. But that's just a guess. I am just after an underlying little kick.

I tried Paula Deen's mac and cheese recipe, but it turned out with a custard texture that just was not like I wanted. It was good, but I would not use the recipe again. But I bet others would really like it.

Mac and cheese is a truly splendid thing. And I think maybe every family memory of it has its own version. If I am going to make the real thing, I must confess, all my ingredients are the high test stuff. Whole milk, lots of butter, lots of cheese, all the bad stuff.

Mac and cheese may be the ultimate comfort food. It sure is wonderful and as an added bonus, it is one of those things that is even better the next day.

Good luck with your recipe.

Boomer

This is my recipe:

Grease a 8X8 pan with butter. Put in a layer of cooked macaroni (al dente). Sprinkle the layer with some flour, salt and pepper, grated sharp cheddar cheese, and dot with butter. Put another layer of macaroni, and layer the same. The top layer will just be macaroni with cheese, butter, and salt and pepper (no flour). Then fill the pan about 3/4 full with milk. I use 2%, but whole milk will make it creamier. Sprinkle top with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees 45 minutes to an hour, till it is the consistency you like. (the milk kind of bubbles up through the casserole and makes its own sauce).

[GMONEY]

Originally Posted by Boomer

My mom made wonderful mac and cheese. She was one heckuva cook. I am not.

Her mac and cheese secret was a little dry mustard. I wish I could tell you how much. I don't know. I use it, too. But I do not measure it. Maybe someone else here can help with the amount. -- maybe start with a teaspoon. But that's just a guess. I am just after an underlying little kick.

I tried Paula Deen's mac and cheese recipe, but it turned out with a custard texture that just was not like I wanted. It was good, but I would not use the recipe again. But I bet others would really like it.

Mac and cheese is a truly splendid thing. And I think maybe every family memory of it has its own version. If I am going to make the real thing, I must confess, all my ingredients are the high test stuff. Whole milk, lots of butter, lots of cheese, all the bad stuff.

Mac and cheese may be the ultimate comfort food. It sure is wonderful and as an added bonus, it is one of those things that is even better the next day.

Good luck with your recipe.

Boomer

Dry Mustard sounds good. I agree if it is going to be good, it must have all the stuff they say you should not eat in it. Thanks for the info!!!!

[borjo]

An elderly PA Dutch lady I met made the best mac & cheese. She used lots of extra sharp cheddar, made her white sauce and added cream of celery soup. Topped it with crushed potato chips. MMMMM

[Sgt Mac]

I would think about that Mac and Cheese is on the top of Morbidly Obese friends list of food groups
Remember we care about you
Da Sgt

[l2ridehd]

Slidell LA, Phil's Marina Café. Baked macaroni and cheese as a side dish. YUM great with the fresh oysters and bugs. No idea how they make it, but the best I have had. Next time I go there I will ask the cook.

[Cassie325]

Originally Posted by Sgt Mac

I would think about that Mac and Cheese is on the top of Morbidly Obese friends list of food groups
Remember we care about you
Da Sgt

However...if you use a better pasta....like Dream Fields....and fat free cheese and fat free milk and smart balance butter......if you need to have bread crumbs use wheat or Wonder Kidz white.....add broccoli to the side....life is good....

[Whalen]

Originally Posted by Cassie325

However...if you use a better pasta....like Dream Fields....and fat free cheese and fat free milk and smart balance butter......if you need to have bread crumbs use wheat or Wonder Kidz white.....add broccoli to the side....life is good....

Why bother?

Just kidding, no offense, jmho.

[mermaid72]

Hey Sarge: Add some sour cream to some of the above recipes, and you will even have a better ( & even more fattening) dish.
Don't dish on our comfort dishes! LOL

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by mermaid72

Hey Sarge: Add some sour cream to some of the above recipes, and you will even have a better ( & even more fattening) dish.
Don't dish on our comfort dishes! LOL

My mother made a great macaroni and cheese dish. At least that is what my sister says. It was on my ketchup can only make it taste better list.

For you that love macaroni and cheese - bon appitit!!

Originally Posted by Sgt Mac

I would think about that Mac and Cheese is on the top of Morbidly Obese friends list of food groups
Remember we care about you
Da Sgt

I guess this may be the case if one ate too much mac n' cheese. One doesn't need to deny thine self, they just need to portion appropriately.