Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese – Not Low Fat!

Cathy Pete's Note:

Combined a few recipes together and this is the BEST I came up with. Cheesy - Creamy Crusty top and easy to reheat with putting a little bit more milk into and on top of the leftovers and covering with foil putting back into the oven for 1/2 hour

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 lb medium shell macaroni noodles
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
• 1 lb processed cheese, cut into cubes like Velveeta cheese
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Boil noodles according to package.
2. After noodles are drained and have cooled for a few minutes, put them in a big bowl and mix with beaten egg.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Grease 9x13 pan.
5. In a pan cook butter, salt, pepper, ground mustard and flour and stir until smooth.
6. Remove from heat add milk, return to heat and bring to a boil.
7. Boil 1 minute.
8. Remove from heat and add cheeses, stir until melted.
9. Pour over noodles that are in a bowl stir, pour into greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until top is golden brown and crusty!

Reviews

[~Nimz~]

This is excellent mac and cheese. Not dry like a lot that I have tried. Lots of cheese flavor. The sauce took me a while to get all the cheese to melt. Ended up putting it back on the heat to get it smooth. Baking time is perfect. My GD loved it. Thanks for sharing. Made for PAC Fall '08

[summer_10980874]

excellent. The cream cheese helps keep it very creamy and not dry. I served it at a baby shower and several people said it was the best mac n cheese they had ever had. It was also surprisingly easy.
will definitely use this recipe again!

[Kurt S]

Holy Cow! this turned out great. Following the directions I thought it was going to be way to much cheese sauce so I kept a little back. (Which made a awesome pretzel dip lol). Will definitely make again. Great Post Cathy!!