{"id":126,"date":"2022-08-13T01:26:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T01:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:23:13","slug":"homemade-macaroni-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/homemade-macaroni-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Macaroni &#038; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got the basis for this recipe from Spending With Pennies, a great blog for recipes! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spendwithpennies.com\/creamy-macaroni-and-cheese-casserole\/\">https:\/\/www.spendwithpennies.com\/creamy-macaroni-and-cheese-casserole\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tweak the cheese to change up the flavor. This is also AMAZING with bacon! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 box dry elbow macaroni<\/li><li>\u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0butter<\/li><li>\u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0flour<\/li><li>1 \u00bd\u00a0cups\u00a0milk<\/li><li>1\u00a0cup\u00a0light cream\u00a0about 10-12% MF (I&#8217;ve used half and half)<\/li><li>\u00bd\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0dry mustard powder<\/li><li>1\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0onion powder<\/li><li>salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li><li>1\u00a0can\u00a0condensed cheddar cheese soup, 10.75 ounces<\/li><li>3\u00a0cups\u00a0sharp cheddar, shredded<\/li><li>1 cup shredded cheddar cheese for topping<\/li><li>crushed Ritz crackers for topping<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Preheat oven to 425\u00b0F.<\/li><li>Cook macaroni al dente (firm) according to package directions. Drain and run under cold water.<\/li><li>Melt butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Whisk in flour and let cook 2 minutes while stirring. Slowly whisk in milk, cream, mustard powder, onion powder, salt &amp; pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat while stirring until thickened.<\/li><li>Remove from heat and stir in can of soup and 3 cups cheddar cheese until melted. (We&#8217;ve changed up the cheeses a few times, including using smoked gouda for a great flavor! I just always make sure it adds up to 3 cups. <\/li><li>Toss cheese sauce &amp; macaroni noodles together. Pour into a greased 9\u00d713 pan. Top with remaining cheese and crushed crackers.<\/li><li>Bake 18-24 minutes or until bubbly. Do not over cook. Cool 10-15 minutes before serving.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got the basis for this recipe from Spending With Pennies, a great blog for recipes! https:\/\/www.spendwithpennies.com\/creamy-macaroni-and-cheese-casserole\/ Tweak the cheese to change up the flavor. This is also AMAZING with bacon! Ingredients 1 box dry elbow macaroni \u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0butter \u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0flour 1 \u00bd\u00a0cups\u00a0milk 1\u00a0cup\u00a0light cream\u00a0about 10-12% MF (I&#8217;ve used half and half) \u00bd\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0dry mustard powder 1\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0onion powder\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/homemade-macaroni-cheese\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissthegnome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}