Rich And Creamy Baked Macaroni And Cheese Recipes

CREAMY HOMEMADE BAKED MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 3 qt baking dish (9x13"). Set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When boiling, add dried pasta and cook 1 minute less than the package directs for al dente. Drain and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil to keep from sticking.
• While water is coming up to a boil, shred cheeses and toss together to mix, then divide into three piles. Approximately 3 cups for the sauce, 1 1/2 cups for the inner layer, and 1 1/2 cups for the topping.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over MED heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk to combine. Mixture will look like very wet sand. Cook for approximately 1 minute, whisking often. Slowly pour in about 2 cups or so of the milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until smooth. Slowly pour in the remaining milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until combined and smooth.
• Continue to heat over MED heat, whisking very often, until thickened to a very thick consistency. It should almost be the consistency of a semi thinned out condensed soup.
• Remove from the heat and stir in spices and 1 1/2 cups of the cheeses, stirring to melt and combine. Stir in another 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until completely melted and smooth.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine drained pasta with cheese sauce, stirring to combine fully. Pour half of the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheeses, then top that with the remaining pasta mixture.
• Sprinkle the top with the last 1 1/2 cups of cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheesy is bubbly and lightly golden brown.

CREAMY MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. , Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add 1-1/2 cups milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; stir in sour cream, Velveeta, Parmesan cheese, salt, mustard and pepper until smooth and cheese is melted. Add additional milk to reach desired consistency. , Drain macaroni; toss with cheddar cheese. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Stir in cream sauce. , Bake, uncovered, 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

MACARONI AND CHEESE, RICH AND CREAMY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Coat a 2-quart broiler-safe baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling; add penne.
• Cook penne for 6 minutes; drain.
• In a large bowl, toss together the cheddar, gruyere and asiago cheeses; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a medium-size saucepan, melt unsalted butter over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth and slightly bubbly.
• In a thin stream, whisk in the milk; stir in onion powder, salt and cayenne pepper.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in 2-1/2 cups of the cheese mixture.
• In a pasta pot, stir together the cooked penne and the cheese sauce.
• Pour half of mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle with a generous cup of the cheese.
• Spoon in the remaining penne and top with the remaining cheese sauce.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Increase the oven temperature to broil and cook another 3 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.
• Cool slightly before serving.