Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
The best southern style macaroni and cheese recipe! Baked with layers of cheese and has a thick and gooey cheese crusted top.
Ingredients
- 1 16oz box of elbow macaroni, cooked
- 2 cups of milk
- 3 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 8 oz colby cheese shredded
- 2 eggs beaten
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 pats butter, approx. 1/4 inch slice, each diced into 4 dime sized pieces
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook pasta according to the directions on the package.
- Drain pasta and place it back into the hot pot.
- Salt and pepper the noodles to taste.
- While the pasta is still hot add 3 cups of both cheeses, {set aside 1- 1/2 cup of cheese mixture for the topping}.
- Stir to blend cheese and noodles together, melting the cheese into the noodles.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, eggs, and milk.
- Pour the egg mixture over the cheesy macaroni noodles.
- Stir to blend.
- Pour macaroni mixture into a 13x9x2 inch dish.
- Top with the left over additional cheese.
- Place 6-8 small dime sized pats of butter evenly over the cheese topping.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes uncovered.
- I have cooked it up to 45 minutes depending on the thickness of the dish, see notes.
Notes
We use a dish that has a cover to it and we cook it up to 30-35 minutes covered and then take the top off and cook it up to 15 minutes longer to brown the top. So good!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 14gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 99mgSodium: 334mgPotassium: 149mgSugar: 4gCalcium: 392mgIron: 0.3mg
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