Easy Gluten-Free Macaroni and Cheese

Description

Cheesy gluten-free deliciousness that is super easy to make. Kid-approved!

Ingredients

  • 10 ounces gluten-free elbow pasta
  • ¼ cup butter (Optional)
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
  • ¾ teaspoon mustard powder
  • 4 cups milk
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
  • 2 gluten-free bread slices, toasted and broken into crumbs (Optional)
  • 1 teaspoon butter, softened (Optional)
  • ½ teaspoon paprika (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water
  3. stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite
  4. 8 minutes. Drain.
  5. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir salt and mustard powder into melted butter; remove from heat and set aside.
  6. Whisk milk and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; stir into butter mixture until well blended. Return saucepan to stove; cook milk mixture
  7. stirring constantly
  8. over medium heat until sauce is thickened
  9. about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
  10. Stir 3 cups Cheddar cheese into sauce until the heat from sauce melts cheese. Add pasta to cheese sauce and stir well; pour into the prepared baking dish.
  11. Combine remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese
  12. gluten-free bread crumbs
  13. 1 teaspoon butter
  14. and paprika in a bowl; sprinkle over pasta mixture.
  15. Bake in the preheated oven until top is crunchy
  16. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 8

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