Family Reunion Baked Macaroni And Cheese Recipes

FAMILY REUNION BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook pasta, only al-dente. You will be cooking it in the oven, so you don't want to overcook it. Rinse with cool water and drain well. Return to pan with a little butter to prevent sticking and set aside.
• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt 6 Tbs. butter over medium heat in large saucepan. Add flour, salt, black pepper, dry mustard, and paprika. Stir constantly for 3 minutes. Add milk, whisking constantly for 10 minutes, or until sauce thickens. Remove from heat.
• Remove 1/4 cup of the sauce and slowly stir into your beaten egg to temper the egg. Add the egg mixture to the sauce.
• Add 4 cups of the shredded cheese to the sauce, return pan to heat, stirring until cheese is melted. Pour sauce over pasta.
• Pour 1/2 of the pasta into a 9 X 13 casserole dish, then sprinkle with 1/2 of the remaining shredded cheese. Repeat with the remaining pasta and cheese.
• Melt 2 Tbs. butter and combine with your bread crumbs. Sprinkle on top of pasta.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes, or until top is bubbly and starting to brown.

FOUR-CHEESE BAKED MACARONI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat bottom and sides of a 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish with nonstick vegetable-oil cooking spray.
• Cook rotelli pasta in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water following the package directions. Drain the pasta well.
• Meanwhile, mix together the shredded cheddar, mozzarella, and Jarlsberg cheeses and the grated Parmesan cheese in a large bowl.
• Over medium heat, melt the butter in the pot in which the pasta was cooked. Whisk the flour into the melted butter until well blended; continue to cook, whisking constantly, for 2 minutes to eliminate flour taste. Whisk in 1 cup of the milk until well blended. Gradually whisk in the remaining milk, 1 cup at a time, whisking after each addition until well blended. Stir in the salt, nutmeg, and ground red pepper. Bring the mixture to simmering; cook, whisking constantly, until thickened and smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in 2 cups of the cheese mixture, whisking until the sauce is very smooth.
• Add the cooked pasta to the cheese sauce in the pot; toss together until well blended.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the remaining cheese mixture evenly over the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spoon half of the pasta mixture into the baking dish, spreading evenly. Sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese mixture over the pasta. Spoon the remaining pasta mixture over the cheese mixture. Sprinkle the remaining cheese mixture over the top of pasta. Arrange sliced tomatoes over top of casserole.
• Bake the macaroni and cheese in the preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until the top of the macaroni is lightly golden. Let dish stand for at least 10 minutes before serving.

FAMILY REUNION MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare Dinners as directed on package.
• Add remaining ingredients; mix lightly.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook shells in boiling water until barely al-dente.
• Drain well.
• Heat oven to 400 deg.F and grease a 13 x 9 inches baking dish.
• Put about 1/3 of the shells in prepared dish. Sprinkle with 1/4 tsp salt, pepper and 1/3 of the cheese. Dot with 1/ tbsp butter. Repeat layers twice more, ending with the remaining cheese. Don't push down on the shells or it will make it too dense. Pour milk over top.
• Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on how crisp you like the top.

FAMILY REUNION CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix the first four ingredients together.
• You can add a cooked vegetable to this to make a complete meal in one dish.
• Crush the Ritz crackers.
• Spray a casserole or baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Add 1/3 of Ritz crackers.
• Put in half of chicken mixture.
• Add 1/3 of Ritz crackers on top of chicken.
• Put in the other half of chicken mixture and top with remaining Ritz crackers.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• Makes 8 servings.