Happy Hump Day!
Today I am sharing one of my favorite dishes to eat and cook. That’s right… my Easy Baked Mac n Cheese!
While this recipe is super easy to make; it is also still very flavorful and filled with that cheesy goodness that we all know and love. You can use whatever cheeses you like and even add bacon (make it sinfully good)! Last week I served this mac and cheese with my Balsamic Glazed Chicken Breasts and the combination of the two was so delicious!
I hope you guys enjoy this recipe/find it helpful when it comes to making mac and cheese. Until my next post, take care! <3
Easy Baked Mac n Cheese
This Easy Baked Mac n Cheese is a very simple and flavorful version of the classic baked macaroni and cheese.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound of elbow macaroni
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 cups of whole milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 of an onion, finely diced
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of garlic powder
- 1 tsp of ground red pepper
- 1 egg
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
- 4 ounces mild cheddar, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook the macaroni noodles in a large pot of boiling, salted water until the noodles are al dente.
- In a separate pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Whisk in the flour, and continue to whisk for 5 minutes making sure that the butter and flour mixture does not become lumpy and does not burn. Stir in the milk, onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, ground pepper and bay leaf. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Lower the heat, remove the bay leaf, and temper in the egg**. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Add the macaroni noodles to the mixture and combine. Pour into a casserole dish and top with the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving
Notes
To temper the egg. Crack an egg in a small bowl and gently whisk. Slowly pour the egg into the milk mixture stirring consistently. Be careful not to add the egg to the milk too quickly, you do not want to end up with scrambled eggs.
Yes please!! Thank you!
🙂 Thanks Kim!
This looks delicious!!!!!! I am going to try this for lunch next week!
Thanks so much for reading! Hope it turns out great!!
I looooove Mac and cheese!! This recipe looks great and not to complicated! I’ll definitely be trying this out!
Thanks for reading! Hope it turns our great 🙂
Yum that looks so good!!! I never thought of putting onions and a bay leaves in it! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks Iyanna! I like exploring/coming up with new ways to cook traditional comfort foods! Thanks for reading as always 🙂
Mac n cheese is my kryptonite!! This looks so yummy 🙂
It’s the perfect comfort food! Thanks so much for reading! 🙂
I love that you included a video, I love mac ‘n cheese, one of my fav dishes! I also want to say I really like your website and the mint green color you chose, one of my favorite colors!
Thanks so much for your feedback Sara! I’m experimenting with posting videos with my content so I’m glad that you liked it!! Mint green is my favorite color too! 🙂