Description
A yummy comfort food!
Ingredients
- 20 ounces elbow macaroni
- ½ cup butter
- ⅜ cup all-purpose flour
- 6 cups milk
- 1 ½ pounds shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- ¾ cup bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water
- stirring occasionally
- until cooked through but firm to the bite
- 8 minutes; drain.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large pot over medium heat; stir flour into butter until smooth. Stream milk into the butter mixture while stirring; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened
- about 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add Cheddar cheese in small batches
- stirring each into the milk mixture and melting until adding the next. Add macaroni and stir to coat. Pour macaroni into prepared baking dish.
- Stir bread crumbs and melted butter together in a small bowl; sprinkle over the macaroni.
- Bake in preheated oven until the top is golden brown
- 35 to 40 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 8