- Serves 4
- 1.25 hours
- Difficulty Easy
- 11 Ingredients
By Anita Butterworth
October 5, 2022
53 Comments
Comfort food at its best (and the ultimate after-school snack if you ask my kids!), mac n’ cheese is easy, cheesy and oh-so-good!
Musician John Legend has his own special macaroni and cheese recipe, and it includes a secret ingredient that makes it even creamier (shh … it’s evaporated milk!)
Enjoy!
(Recipe via Martha Stewart)
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for baking dish
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 cups elbow macaroni
- 2 cans evaporated milk
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 packages extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 package Monterey Jack cheese, grated
- Paprika, for sprinkling
Method
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter a 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish; set aside. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add salt and macaroni. Cook until al dente according to package directions. Drain, and return to pot. Add butter, and toss until pasta is coated and butter has melted; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together evaporated milk, skim milk, and eggs. Add seasoned salt, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; set aside. In another medium bowl, combine cheeses; set aside.
- Place 1/3 macaroni in an even layer in the bottom of prepared baking dish; cover evenly with 1/3 cheese. Repeat with remaining macaroni and cheese mixture. Pour milk mixture evenly over contents of baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake until top layer is lightly browned, 35 to 45 minutes. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
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Comments
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- mom486197 said
- 31 May 2024
9:32 am
I was only yesterday thinking about Mac and cheese. Perfect timing
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- rovermum said
- 30 May 2024
8:06 pm
Now this looks amazing. I’m not usually a Mac n cheese fan really but happy to try this.
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- sars_angelchik said
- 30 May 2024
5:05 pm
Mac n Cheese is the ultimate comfort food if done right- looks like this one ticks all the boxes!
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- mom160270 said
- 17 May 2024
8:30 pm
Using a great tasting cheese is essential.
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- sars_angelchik said
- 15 May 2024
12:30 pm
This looks great- so often mac and cheese can be tasteless
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- ChiWren said
- 03 May 2024
1:52 pm
You know if Chrissy, the foodie, thinks it’s amazing then it really must be
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- mom382804 said
- 26 Feb 2024
12:21 am
I’ve only ever made Mac and cheese out of a box so this recipe sounds AMAZING! Will definitely be giving this one a go soon
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- 3kidmumma said
- 07 Aug 2023
11:46 am
Ive never made a mac and cheese i have been happy with. Hope this one is a goodie.
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- Zmijka86 said
- 20 Jun 2023
8:52 pm
Sounds yummy. I never made Mac and cheese before
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- mom489844 said
- 01 Apr 2023
9:40 am
I’m definitely going to be trying this recipe next week! Anything cooked in that household always looks like restaurant quality food
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- Cookfromscratchmum said
- 24 Feb 2023
11:26 am
Sounds like a really good recipe for dinner thank you for sharing
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- mom101628 said
- 17 Feb 2023
6:04 pm
I can imagine how nice this would be using evaporated milk. It was a favourite way to make rice pudding many years ago. Thanks for sharing.
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- MummaD said
- 16 Feb 2023
9:37 am
I have a Mac n cheese lover. Wonder how he rates this?
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- Love and Light said
- 05 Jan 2023
6:07 pm
I have never tried Mac and Cheese before but this one looks interesting but I probably would still not cook or even it
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- Chelsea1905 said
- 03 Jan 2023
9:01 pm
OMG Yummmm! I always watch Chrissy’s insta with all the food. Would be amazing to try this.
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- GemmaLaurenMary said
- 29 Dec 2022
11:05 pm
2 of the best things in the world!!
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- charmanda29 said
- 28 Dec 2022
10:37 pm
Paprika for dusting sounds interesting!
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- mom465794 said
- 19 Dec 2022
2:29 pm
sounds delicious!
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- BellaB said
- 06 Dec 2022
7:03 pm
That’s a lot more ingredients than I use for mac and cheese, but it sounds yum.
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- Jessica said
- 30 Nov 2022
11:35 pm
I’ve never tried to make mac and cheese but keen to try!
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