So I am super excited to share this recipe with y’all. Not only is it one of my favorite things to eat ever, but there’s also a lot of nostalgia in this dish is that a spice?. This is a recipe my mom made up years ago, and one I would request regularly growing up.
Also, I have to talk about what I’m making this mac & cheese in. I personally believe that nothing cooks anything as good as a cast iron skillet. They may weigh 500 lbs 20 lbs, but well worth the struggle of lifting these heavy suckers into the oven. They cook so evenly and thoroughly, it’s hard to mess up a dish. Also, the one in particular that I used for this dish was my grandmothers, who had it for over 60 years and it had been given to her used. So, basically we’re talking about a skillet that is at least a century old…talk about staying power. Once you have tried baked mac & cheese like this, you will never want that stuff out of the blue box again, promise π
Cook your elbow macaroni..
Add your milk, salt and pepper to taste and mix…
All ready to go in the oven…
Don’t you just want to stick your face spoon in that?
- 2 Cups Dry Elbow Macaroni
- 1 Cup of Milk
- 1.5 Sticks of Cold Unsalted Butter, Cut Into Pieces
- 4 Tablespoons of Cold Unsalted Butter
- 8 Ounce Block of Medium Cheddar Cheese
- 8 Ounce Block of Mozzarella
- 8 Ounce Block of Colby Jack
- 8 Ounce Bag of Shredded Four Cheese Mexican Blend
- 3 Eggs
- 10" Iron Skillet Pan
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cook elbow macaroni completely until soft, and drain.
- In a large mixing bowl, add cooked macaroni.
- Now add the 1.5 sticks of cold sliced butter.
- Cut up the blocks of cheese into chunky pieces and add to your bowl (you can use as little or as much as you want depending upon how cheesy you want it).
- Add in 4 ounces of the shredded cheese (you can definitely add more if you want).
- Add in your eggs and milk, mix well, at this point the texture will be more 'soupy' which is what you want.
- Add salt and pepper to taste (I add quite a bit of both).
- Pour the macaroni mix into your iron skillet and place the 4 tablespoons of sliced butter onto the top of your macaroni, which is optional.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, longer if you want the top more well done.
- This recipe is great, because you can customize it completely to your liking, if you want it to have a thicker more custard like texture, you can add more eggs. I've added bacon to this dish before which is amazing, and it's super delicious to add crumbled butter crackers on top 5-10 minutes before it's done baking. Also, feel free to use any array of cheeses that you personally like.
LJ says
Three words: Om Nom Nom π
Holly says
Thanks!!! and yes very om nom nom
Autumn | It's Autumn's Life says
OMG! I have this in the oven now and it made SO much. I filled a whole 9 x 13 pan. It looked great though, can’t wait to taste it!
Holly says
Oh that’s awesome!! Haha yes it makes a lot of mac and cheese, and I hope you loved it as much I do π
Megan says
I made this a few weeks ago and added some crushed Ritz crackers to the top of it for the last few minutes! I also thought there was way too much butter and it was super greasy. I am actually making this again today but will cut back on the butter!
Holly says
Hey Megan! the Ritz Crackers sounds really good! Sorry you found it too greasy, hopefully cutting back on the butter helps.