Oven baked macaroni and cheese is a great cold weather go to. You can’t beat comfort food when the temperatures drop!
Friends, between the excessively dark evenings (thank you Daylight Saving Time) and the drop in temperature (four inches of snow in two hours yesterday) I have absolutely no interest in ever leaving the house again. All I want to do is stay inside wearing my cozy slippers and eat comfort foods, like this fantastic baked macaroni and cheese dish.
Seriously, this ooey gooey three-cheese dish is everything you’ve ever wanted on a cold winter’s night, particularly because it’s pretty much “no-fail.” How do I know? Mmmmm. Let’s just say I’ve got some experience with the potential fail…
This baked macaroni and cheese is a fairly new favorite in my house – I just started making it this last year. The dish was borne our of a quick recipe from a friend AND a bit of experimentation. While it’s new, I’ve talked the dish up enough that my Dad wanted to try it over the holiday weekend while I was visiting sunny St. George.
I’ve made the dish enough that I don’t typically use a recipe. I gathered all of the ingredients and prepared to flex my “gourmet” muscles only to leave out one of the major ingredients. FYI? I don’t recommend you do that…
The amazing part? The dish of baked macaroni and cheese wasn’t quite and delish as it usually is, but I’d still be willing to put it up against nearly any other recipe on the planet. Now, that’s a no-fail dish!
Today I am sharing the recipe not only to document this foodie foible. but also to have it in written form no matter where I travel. Without further ado, here’s the full recipe for baked macaroni and cheese…
Ingredients
< id="zlrecipe-ingredients-list">< id="zlrecipe-ingredient-0" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">Bertolli Elbow Pasta *yes you can use ANY brand elbow noodles, but these are superior < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-1" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 pkg. Cream Cheese (room temperature) < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-2" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">3 c. Sharp Cheddar < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-3" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1.5 c. Swiss Cheese < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-4" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 12 oz. can Evaporated Milk < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-5" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 c. Panko Crumbs < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-6" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1/2 c. Butter < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-7" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients"> < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-8" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">Pepper to taste < id="zlrecipe-ingredient-9" class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">Instructions
< id="zlrecipe-instructions-list" class="instructions">< id="zlrecipe-instruction-0" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Preheat oven to 350 degrees. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-1" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Boil water and add elbow noodles. Cook to al dente - 7 min. for the Bertolli elbow noodles. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-2" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">While noodles are boiling, cube cream cheese and spray 9x13 baking dish. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-3" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Drain noodles. Mix in cubed cream cheese and stir until melted. Add pepper to taste (I typically use about 1 tblsp.). Stir in 2 c. of the cheddar and 1 c. of the Swiss. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-4" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Place mixture into baking dish. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-5" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Pour can of evaporated milk over the top of the cheesy noodles. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-6" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Top with remaining cheese, cover with Panko crumbs and top with pats of butter. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-7" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Place in the oven and bake for 30 min. < id="zlrecipe-instruction-8" class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">I like to cover the dish with tinfoil, removing it when there are about 10 min. left in the baking process. https://taunieverett.com/oven-baked-macaroni-and-cheese/
Tauni Everett
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Oh, I love me some mac and cheese. This looks amazing!