Macaroni and Cheese Casserole
It’s Monday’s Menu… on Tuesday! I could waste time giving you the reasons I’m posting this today and not last night, as promised, but why waste valuable time? No, let’s get on with the mac and cheese!!
You’ll need milk, elbow macaroni noodles, butter or margarine, two eggs, cheese, and paprika. Easy, right?
First you’ll need two cups of macaroni noodles. I enjoyed playing with them… in fact, I just had to keep playing with them until I managed to get a picture with some of the noodles falling into the bowl. What? Water? Oh, right…
Boil salted water…
Cook the macaroni noodles according to package directions.
When the noodles are done, drain them well and return them to the pan.
Add 4 tablespoons, or 1/2 stick of margarine or butter and stir until melted.
Stir in 2 cups of your cheddar cheese.
In a separate bowl, combine 2 eggs and 1/2 cup of milk.
whisk them together…
Then add the mixture to your noodles and cheese in the pan.
Stir it all together until well combined.
Spoon your macaroni and cheese mixture into a greased 8×8 pan.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheese on top (or however much you feel like!)
Sprinkle paprika on top of the cheese.
Bake uncovered at 350 degrees until the cheese is melted and the casserole is cooked through. And forever be annoyed that I didn’t notice my camera strap was in the picture.
The Recipe
Macaroni and Cheese Casserole
2 cups uncooked macaroni
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
Paprika
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan.
Cook macaroni in boiling salted water, following package directions. Drain well, return to the pot. Add butter and stir until melted. Add 2 cups of the shredded cheese.
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with the milk. Add milk mixture to the macaroni and stir until well combined. Spoon into greased pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cheese on top. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until the cheese has melted and browned and the casserole is cooked through.
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Hey jenn! watching you cook again! what a lovely sight.. i like pasta and anything tomato based n_n
This looks great! I never thought to put paprika on top of the cheese. It gives such a nice color, that my mouth is watering as I type this
My oh my, that’s look really sumptuous!
That looks very tasty indeed!
Wow. That’s really easy. However, I would probably add things to it, like cooked chicken, or veggies for a little variety. But it’s a super-easy base that can be customized to your liking!
Great Recipe!
Godawful boiling pot! Throw out that non-stick pot you used to boil the pasta immediately!!!
The chemicals in non-stick cookware can make you very sick if they flake off and get in your food. Your pot in particular is badly scratched and should be thrown out and replaced before you ever use it again. If I can see the scratches just from looking at a photo i’m sure they are bad enough to warrant replacing the pot.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna get up on a soapbox and hoot and holler that non-stick pans are the work of the devil. They just need replacing when they wear out.
Great Recipe and Nice pics
that scratched non-stick will kill you by cancer
Hi, My mother never grated the cheese when she made mac and cheese. She would cut it up into small cubes but other than that you have her recipe. I make it a little differently though. I use only one egg and no milk. I beat the egg and pour it over the cooked macaroni before the cheese cubes get mixed in, stirring as it goes in. My children never ate boxed mac and cheese growing up, only my mom’s version and mine.
that is nothing more than a heart attack in a pan - seriously- if this is considered “american diet,” no wonder the nation has such an obesity problem… 1/2 a stick of butter and never ending pile of cheese- sheesh!
Eggs in Mac&Cheese???? Yuck! Drop the eggs and the butter …..for cheese use 1 cup of cheddar, 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/2 cup of cream cheese…lower fat and creamier!
That looks…completely scrumtrulescent. It is brilliance, on a plate.
Looks delicious. We will have to make that sometime.
I think I might actually be able to make this macaroni and cheese casserole. Thank you for posting the pictures along with the recipe, and you have a great sense of humor. I found you through Entrecard, and I’m glad I did. I’ll be back~
Have a nice day~
Ann
Hmm, this sounds interesting. Definitely something I will try soon.
The eggs were a surprise. I’ve been cooking this dish(without eggs) for years, but your version beats it. I said nothing, but the boys and my wife all asked what I had done different, it tasted so good. On the down side, there were no left-overs.
Thanks for the post.
Rob
Does one really need a recipe for this old favourite - let alone make such a to-do about it.
You’ve laid this out so even I can do it. Thank you!
I love macaroni and cheese. I can finish one large bowl in one sitting!
I will be trying this one this week. (Although I will have to double it!)
yuck.
I am making this TONIGHT! Yum!
Macaroni on the stove boiling
Where did my comment go from earlier?
My kids love mac and cheese, but your look so good
going to make it like your tonight
WTF
Whatever happened to cheese sauce!
I have to tell you, Jenn, how glad I am to have found your blog! I DON’T cook. I CAN cook, but I HATE it (wow, how vehement am I?! lol!)!
Last night I printed out the Chili Mac and Macaroni and Cheese recipes, simply because they sounded simple, easy, and FAST (and the pics make them look delicious!). Because of you, maybe for the next couple of days we’ll eat better than take-out and the only other two “home-made” dinners I can be bothered to make - tuna casserole gets “old” after awhile. Sigh…*
You keep cooking and posting please… I NEED you!
PAPRIKA!!!! I bet that’s the ingredient I’m always missing in my mac n cheese bake! Genius
Shame on you! Blue Bonnet! Altered fats cause coronary disease! At least use real butter for cryin out loud, otherwise looks delish. Carry on.
I just wanted to say I made this recipe last week and we really enjoyed it. I did add diced up ham to it before I put it in the baking pan and it turned out great. thanks for the great meal!
Looks great…needs stewed tomatoes on the side (to be added to the individual portions) to make it the family classic I remember fondly.
it’s macaroni and cheese, you sycophants.
Awesome recipe….but wow - that’s alot of cheese..
Just yesterday I decided I wanted to make homemade baked mac & cheese and voila! The wonders of stumbleupon. This looks delicious and I can’t wait to make it!
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I’d never have thought to put eggs in my mac & cheese. Then again, I cringe at every single recipe I’ve seen for it that uses flour.
I don’t bake mine though, don’t have an oven that works right now. LOL
As for the pans, I’ve seen FAR worse than that and have cooked with far worse than those! I’ve actually cooked with pans that you could literally see the flakes of the non-stick coating when you would stir the food. Those pans got tossed because I had proof the coating was getting in my food, but still. I’ve had pans that were scratched up much worse than those. It’d be easier to replace them if they weren’t so darned expensive!
I am really beginning to appreciate the value of EntreCard dropping as I keep on stumbling upon wonderful sites - like yours. I will try doing this gorgeous yet simple pasta dish. In fact, I have bought all the ingredients already. I hope I will do justice to your recipe. But the ever veggie lover that I am, I will add chopped red bell pepper. Yum-yum! Thanks for sharing and am inviting you to please visit my site as well. Bye, Jenn!
This looks SO yummy! I’m going to have to try it now… thanks for sharing! I love your blog!
WOW! This looks YUMMY! how much does this cost?
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