Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese
When I was a girl, Mama used Texas longhorn cheese in this recipe. After it melted all over the macaroni, I loved to dig in and see how many strings of cheese would follow my spoonful. —Imogene Hutton, Brownwood, Texas
Ingredients
- 1 package (7 ounces) elbow macaroni
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- 2 cups whole milk
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- Paprika, optional
Reviews
I love this recipe. Every time I make mac, I go to this recipe.
Good base recipe, and very fast. I used a little more pasta than directed, and several cups of broccoli that cooked with pasta. Still plenty cheesy. We added more seasoning.
I just used cheese I had leftover from a cheese platter and it turned out fine. Not as fancy as some other recipes, but quick and easy for a weeknight dinner.
Something went wrong when they translated this recipe to the new web format. There's no cheese! The mac n cheese recipe doesn't say how much cheese. I've made the recipe before and it was great but now I can't.
Super easy and quite tasty. Even better the next day.
Didn’t want to put the oven on since it’s a very hot day so I looked up recipes for stove top Mac n cheese. Made it exactly as stated. We all loved it!
I made this but I used a 16 oz package of elbows and I am glad I did, the sauce would have been too abundant with just 7 oz of dry pasta. I didn't have whole milk so I subbed a 12 oz. can of evaporated milk and added 4 oz of skim milk to make 2 cups. This was delish!
Very easy! I used whipping cream and milk. I used a Mexican blend of shredded cheese and two slices of smoked gouda. Then i added onion powder and garlic powder. For protein, i added shredded imitation crab and served it with broccoli. I'd definitely make this again. I love how you can use any kind of cheese on hand
I need the recipe exactly as stated. Very easy. Flavor, meh. which I believe was partly my fault as I used unsalted butter however I did use the amount of salt suggested in the recipe. Once everything was mixed together I put salt and pepper on top and it tasted fine. This is a good basic recipe to play around with. I definitely also suggest using a pound or more elbows which I did. Lots of left overs.
Made this as written, with no paprika, per DSO's request. Instead of using more macaroni, as others had noted there would be plenty of sauce, I added 8 oz cooked ground chicken. I sprinkled my serving with Red Robin seasoning (love that stuff!) It was delicious! Quick and easy....two of my favorite words when it comes to recipes!