The Best Adult Baked Mac And Cheese Recipe

Say cheese!

Created by Jordan Cohen

On Nov 3, 2021

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Ingredients

Macaroni

Unsalted butter
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 pound elbow pasta (or using your favorite shape)

Cheese sauce

1/2 stick unsalted butter
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups milk
2 cups grated sharp cheddar (the BEST and MOST IMPORTANT ingredient)

Breadcrumb topping

1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 stick unsalted melted butter

Time to cook!

Now that you have all your ingredients, stop eating the shredded cheese and prepare the mac. This recipe serves 6-8 and is ready in under an hour!

Here's how you do it

Directions:

1.

First preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter a casserole dish.
2.

Cook the pasta as you normally would - in a pot of boiling water with the salt for about 12 minutes.
3.

To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. Then whisk in the flour and salt, stirring for about 3 minutes until it bubbles and browns.
4.

Slowly mix in 1 cup of milk and then the rest of it. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens.
5.

Add the cheese (if you haven't eaten it all yet), stirring until it melts. Then add the cooked pasta and mix.
6.

Top it off! In a separate bowl, mix the breadcrumbs and melted butter.
7.

Pour the the macaroni into the dish, adding the breadcrumbs on top.

Us waiting for it to be ready:

Bake for about 15 minutes and then...

DIG IN! It's ready! Grab a bowl (or eat it straight from the tray), put on some Netflix, and enjoy the adult mac and cheese you wish you knew how to make in your dorm room freshman year.

You before discovering this recipe vs. After