Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese

Steps Cook Recipes Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese using 9 ingredients and 15 steps

Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese - My Grandmother's delightful and VERY TASTY recipe for macaroni in cheese, which is FAR better than the kind right out of the box. Our whole family enjoys this recipe, especially the kids. She often has to make twice the recipe to satisfy just my grandpa and uncles! A sweet macaroni salad just like Grandma used to make. The dressing is a good basic macaroni salad dressing that you can use with your own macaroni salad recipe.

My grandma loved to take advantage of all the "new" convenience foods available after World War II and this recipe is a prime example of that fondness.

My Grandma's recipe for macaroni and cheese is one of the most simple and straight forward recipes I own.

You can cook Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients make Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese

1. You need Elbow Macaroni (about a pound).
2. You need 3 Cheese Cheddar Cheeses (8 oz. Bag).
3. Prepare Cheddar and Monterey Jack Blend Cheese (8 oz. Bag).
4. It's Breadcrumbs (Panko).
5. It's Milk.
6. It's Butter.
7. You need Cooking Spray.
8. Prepare Salt.
9. You need Pepper.

Grandma's Homemade Macaroni & Cheese instructions

1. First, fill a large pot with water and heat to a boil on high. Add salt to the water for flavor..
2. Next, preheat the oven to 400° while you are waiting for the water to boil..
3. Then get a square see through cooking dish and spray cooking oil on the inside of the dish..
4. Once the water starts to boil add the elbow macaroni and cook accordingly..
5. When the macaroni is done strain and keep in the strainer. Add a couple of pads of butter, some salt, and some pepper (while the macaroni is still hot)..
6. Then put about half the macaroni in the cooking dish..
7. Add the whole bag of Three Cheese Cheddar on top of the macaroni and smooth evenly..
8. Add the rest of the macaroni and smooth evenly..
9. Add the whole other bag of cheese on top of the macaroni and smooth..
10. Now add Milk so that if fills about 1/4 inch of the cooking dish..
11. Add breadcrumbs on top of the last layer of cheese and smooth. Make sure there is enough to give it a crispy top coating..
12. Now add about eight pads of butter on top of the breadcrumbs and space out accordingly..
13. Add salt and pepper for taste..
14. Cook in preheated oven for about 35 minutes at 400° or until the top is golden brown and the milk has vanished..
15. Finally, let rest for approximately 5 minutes, cut into even squares and enjoy!.

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