Anybody got a good baked macaroni recipe?

Hopefully I can help.

1 stick of butter melted.

Add 1/2 cup of flour (maybe a little more)

Make a blonde roux.

Once roux is ready (about 10 minutes of constant stirring, it should stop being gritty), add about 3 pints of whole milk. Let reduce. Once thickens (sticks to my wooden spoon), add cheese. (if ever gets too thick feel free to add a little bit of milk)

I use 1 8oz pack of Italian 5 cheese shredded and 1 8oz pack shredded sharp cheddar. Slowly stir it in. At this point you should have a nacho cheese type thickness, maybe a little thicker.

I season with ground white pepper and fresh black pepper. Salt to taste (shouldn't need much, if any, as the cheese adds it)

While making the cheese sauce (bechamel?) boil elbow macaroni or whatever pasta you want. Stop right before el dente.

Strain. Add to cheese sauce. Stir it real good like. Put in aluminum pan. Cover with slices of sharp cheddar and pepperjack (or shredded 'whatever you got'). Put it in the oven at 400 for 45 minutes until cheese on top is nice and crispy.

You're welcome.

I do mine just like that except I add a little bit of garlic and a LOT of coarsely chopped mushrooms. I'm partial to the rectangular Pyrex glass dishes for the cooking vessel.

oooooh, mushrooms would be bangin'

I have one of the best tasting baked macaroni andl cheese, but there's Velveeta in it and people don't like that word around here.

bookmarked the everliving frick out of this thread FWIW