Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

"This is the Mac and Cheese that I grew up eating. All 4 children in my family learned to make it. I never ate the boxed variety then and I do not now. It is so easy, why not make it from scratch?"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • For the Cheese Sauce: Melt butter over low heat, add flour and mix well. You are making a roux. Heat over medium low for 2-3 minutes until mixture is frothy (to cook flour). Do not over-cook or it will turn brown.
  • Add milk, mix well to insure no clumps are left. Heat over medium, stirring occasionally, until sauce gets thick. (I usually microwave the milk for 1-2 minutes. This decreases the time it takes the sauce to thicken up.).
  • Add cheese; stir until all cheese is melted.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • For the Noodles: Start water heating while making sauce. When water boils add 2 C noodles. Follow directions on noodle box to cook noodles.
  • Drain cooked noodles.
  • Combine cooked noodles and cheese sauce in serving dish. Add shake or two of paprika on top of dish for color if desired.
  • Enjoy!
  • You may want to keep the sauce and noodles separate. If this is done, the sauce and noodles can be refrigerated and saved for several days. Simply combine a serving and reheat. This avoids that strange “left-over” taste Mac N’ Cheese usually gets if saved. The sauce also saves quite well if frozen.
  • Alternate Recipe: Dice some ham and add to the dish. This makes it even more of a One-dish meal. Helpful for those (like my husband) who do not think something is a meal unless meat is served!

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  1. This was good and easy to make. I did cut back on the butter and flour to four tablespoons each. I added about 1/4 teaspoon of pepper and salt. We all enjoyed this.
     
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