{"id":391,"date":"2010-08-11T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php"},"modified":"2010-08-11T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:22:34","slug":"baked-macaroni-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/recipes\/baked-macaroni-and-cheese","title":{"rendered":"Baked Macaroni and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Published 2010-08-11<br \/>\nUpdated 2010-08-11<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I found this years ago on a now-defunct AOL webpage called &#8220;<\/em><a title=\"Defunct\" href=\"http:\/\/members.aol.com\/stephndon\/recipe.htm\">Steph&#8217;s Country Kitchen Goodness<\/a><em>&#8221; and am reprinting it here with only minor updates.\u00a0 I once calculated the calories in it &#8211; after doubling the recipe to a 13&#215;9 casserole &#8211; and&#8230; well, if you have to ask, maybe you shouldn&#8217;t be eatin&#8217; it! The way the butter bubbled atop it was fascinating though, and the taste was amazing&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first time I made this, the boys took one look at their plates, crinkled up their noses and asked &#8220;What is this?&#8221;. In between giggling, I explained it was &#8220;real macaroni and cheese&#8221;, as this does not have the appearance of boxed macaroni and cheese of which they were so accustomed to. It took a few bites, but they finally approved of this &#8220;other&#8221; macaroni and cheese. This is the best version of macaroni and cheese I have eaten.\u00a0 (Here is an equally delicious yet healthier version Creamy Three Cheese Macaroni).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 C uncooked elbow macaroni<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C flour<\/li>\n<li>1-3\/4 C milk<\/li>\n<li>1 C sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t pepper<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t dry mustard<\/li>\n<li>2 C (8 oz) grated Sharp Cheddar cheese, divided<\/li>\n<li>Bread crumbs (<em>I added these<\/em>&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p>Cook macaroni in salted boiling water according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Pour into a 2-quart baking dish.<\/p>\n<p>In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in flour. Cook and stir for one minute.\u00a0 Gradually stir in milk. Add sour cream, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and mustard. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until sauce bubbles and thickens.\u00a0 Stir in half of the Cheddar cheese until melted.<\/p>\n<p>Toss macaroni with remaining Cheddar cheese.\u00a0 Pour sauce over macaroni and mix thoroughly. Spread bread crumbs liberally atop the mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour, or until bubbly and brown.<\/p>\n<p>Yield: 6 servings.<\/p>\n<p>Useful Tip:\u00a0 8 oz process, cubed American cheese (Velveeta) may be added in addition to the Parmesan and Cheddar cheeses.\u00a0 The American cheese makes it a bit more creamy and rich.\u00a0 I have made it both ways and both are irresistibly delicious. (<em>I don&#8217;t agree&#8230;<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published 2010-08-11 Updated 2010-08-11 I found this years ago on a now-defunct AOL webpage called &#8220;Steph&#8217;s Country Kitchen Goodness&#8221; and am reprinting it here with only minor updates.\u00a0 I once calculated the calories in it &#8211; after doubling the recipe to a 13&#215;9 casserole &#8211; and&#8230; well, if you have to ask, maybe you shouldn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":146,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martysparadox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}