Baked Mac and Cheese for One

Description

This is a fast, easy to prepare, and filling meal. Once you try homemade mac and cheese, you’ll never want the boxed stuff again. I cook mine in a soup crock.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons uncooked macaroni pasta
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ cup milk
  • ⅓ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 dash hot sauce
  • 1 teaspoon bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon shredded Cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an oven-proof soup crock or 1 cup baking dish.
  2. Fill a small saucepan with water
  3. and bring to a boil. Stir in the macaroni; boil until cooked but still firm to the bite
  4. about 8 minutes. Drain well
  5. and reserve.
  6. In the same saucepan
  7. melt the butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour
  8. salt
  9. pepper
  10. onion powder
  11. and milk; whisk until smooth. Cook
  12. stirring
  13. for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low
  14. and whisk in 1/3 cup cheese
  15. mustard
  16. Worcestershire sauce
  17. and hot sauce. Stir in the cooked macaroni. Spoon the macaroni and cheese into the prepared dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon cheddar cheese.
  18. Bake
  19. uncovered
  20. until the cheese is melted and the macaroni is heated through
  21. about 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 1

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