If there is one thing I love
when it comes to food
it’s comfort food.
Food that fills you up
and
makes you feel all warm inside.
I got a hold of this recipe
from our good friends John and Brooklyn’s grandparents
when we had dinner at
their house a few months back.
Now don’t get me wrong I
love the old blue box
But this HOMEMADE mac n
cheese
is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face
and is even impressive enough to serve at your next dinner party.
I even made a simpler version of the
dish for the boys at the ranch one night
and it was a big hit.
Ingredients:
3 cups Elbow Macaroni
10 – 12 slices Swiss-American Cheese (available in a large loaf, already sliced, at Costco, in the freezer section, not the usual cheese section of Costco)
2 1/2 cubes Butter
6 – 8 slices White Bread – break into small pieces in a separate bowl.
2% Milk – About 4 cups
1 can Carnation Evaporated Milk – (use about 3/4 of this milk to give the Cheese Sauce a better flavor)
4 heaping Tbsp. Flour Salt & Pepper to season the Cheese Sauce
2 cups grated cheddar cheese for the topping of the Macaroni & Cheese in the dish.
Directions:
1. HEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES.
2. Butter the bottom & sides of a large 9 x 13 glass pyrex dish. Place aside.
3. Cook Macaroni according to packaged directions, set aside
4. While the macaroni is cooking prepare the cheese sauce.
5. Cheese Sauce. Using a large skillet, melt on low heat 1 cube Butter – be sure to not scorch it.
6. Then, add about 4 rounded to heaping Tblsp. Flour to the Butter. Stir until smooth. Sprinkle some salt & pepper in.
7. Add slowly the milk, until you have added about 3 cups
– stirring constantly so the sauce does not get lumpy.
You might have to raise the heat to medium as the sauce thickens.
8. When it starts to get thick, lower the heat again, and add 1/2 of the can of Evaporated Milk – use the whole can of milk if you need to.
9. When the heat is on medium to low,
add the 10-12 slices of Swiss-American Cheese, stirring constantly.
Your sauce will become thicker; if you need more milk,you can add it at this time,
but you want the Cheese Sauce to be thick.
Use a spoon and taste the Cheese Sauce,
and add salt & pepper to taste.
10. Combine the cooked Macaroni with the Cheese Sauce – then pour into the 9 x 13 buttered pyrex dish.
11. Melt 1 1/2 cubes butter in the microwave;
pour this butter over the bread pieces in the bowl. Mix well with your hands.
12. Spread the 2 cups grated cheese on top of the Macaroni in the pyrex dish
13. Spread the buttered bread pieces on top of the cheese, evenly.
14. Place Macaroni & Cheese in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
15. Remove from oven when bread crumbs on top crisp.
16. Set on top of stove for about 5 minutes, then serve.
**Serves 8–10 people. Great left-overs1!
xo ENJOY!
