Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baked mac & cheese with bacon. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked mac & cheese with bacon using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1/3 cup a/p flour
- Take 4 cups milk (plus 1/2 cup if needed)
- Get 1 tsp kosher salt
- Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Prepare 1 pkg (16 oz) pasta, cooked al dents and drained
- Make ready 1 lb bacon, cooked, drained
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Steps to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
- Cook pasta, drain and set aside
- In large sauce pan, melt butter and add flour, salt & pepper. Stir to make roux, cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Slowly add in milk, whisk together, cooking over medium heat until starts to thicken. Remove from heat and stir in 3 cups of shredded cheese.
- Add in the pasta and stir together. If too thick stir in extra milk.
- Coarse chop bacon and stir into pasta and cheese mixture.
- Prepare a 13x9 pan with Pam. Pour half of Mac & Cheese in and spread evenly. Then sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese over top. Pour remainder Mac & Cheese and spread over top. Sprinkle last 1/2 cup shredded cheese on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Enjoy!
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