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Easy Baked Mac & Cheese Kick things up with your mac and cheese with the addition of queso for an easy recipe from The Kitchy. Baked mac and cheese is one of our favorite comfort foods ever! Macaroni is tossed in a cheesy Cheese: Sharp cheddar gives this baked mac and cheese tons of flavor. You can cook Easy Baked Mac & Cheese using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Baked Mac & Cheese

  1. Prepare 16 oz of elbow noodles.
  2. It's 1/4 cup of butter.
  3. You need 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
  4. Prepare 2 cup of half & half.
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of milk.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
  7. You need 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
  8. It's 3/4 tsp of mustard powder.
  9. It's 8 dash of hot sauce (I use Crystal).
  10. You need 3 stick of Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese.
  11. It's 5 slice of bacon.

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Easy Baked Mac & Cheese step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Boil elbow noodles for approx. 9-10 min or until al dente..
  3. While noodles are cooking, shred cheddar cheese..
  4. Melt butter in saucepan and add flour, mustard powder, hot sauce, salt & pepper. Let bubble, while stirring for 2-3 min..
  5. Add milk and half & half to saucepan while stirring..
  6. Once milk sauce has become warm, put 2 sticks worth of cheese (16oz) in milk mixture and stir.
  7. Drain noodles and return to pot. Add cheese sauce to noodles. Add mac & cheese to ungreased 13x9 baking dish..
  8. Bake mac & cheese for 30 minutes or until bubbly..
  9. While baking macaroni, cook bacon slices and once cooled, crumble bacon, set aside..
  10. Remove from oven and sprinkle last stick of cheese on top, followed by crumbled bacon..

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