Old Fashioned Mac & Cheese. Old Fashioned Mac and Cheese Old Fashioned Mac and Cheese. Cook macaroni in boiling water until almost tender; drain. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, melt butter.

Immediately place cooked macaroni into large bowl. While still hot, stir in the butter, the cubed cheddar, and the handful of grated cheddar. Add the eggs and the can of cheddar soup. You can cook Old Fashioned Mac & Cheese using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Mac & Cheese

1. Prepare of Salt.
2. Prepare of Ground pepper.
3. You need of Nutmeg.
4. It’s of Garlic powder.
5. Prepare of Cavatappi.
6. Prepare of Cheddar cheese.
7. Prepare of Monterey Jack cheese.
8. Prepare of Italian bread crumbs.
9. You need of Lukewarm Whole Milk.
10. Prepare of Butter.
11. Prepare of Flour.

Season liberally with Lawry's salt and pepper. It called for the normal ingredients (noodles, cheese, breadcrumbs, milk, butter, salt, and pepper) but was constructed very differently than today's ultra-creamy baked versions. Old Fashioned Baked Mac 'n Cheese. Most requested recipe for me to bring to a potluck or family reunion.

Old Fashioned Mac & Cheese instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Butter a 3 quart baking dish and set aside. Cook the pasta and set aside..
2. In a saucepan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour. Stir constantly for 2 minutes..
3. Remove the pan from the heat and slowly whisk in the milk to avoid clumping. Add the nutmeg, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste (I do very little nutmeg and a few pinches of garlic)..
4. Put the pan back on the heat and bring the sauce to a boil while stirring constantly. Bring the flame to low and let the sauce simmer for 4 minutes. Stir occasionally..
5. Pour the sauce over the pasta and mix in the cheeses. Fold the pasta over itself to mix the cheese. I add 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs here for flavor..
6. Transfer the pasta to the buttered baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining breadcrumbs over the pasta..
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the pasta I'd golden brown on top..

Each spoonful of this baked macaroni and cheese is an old fashioned delight of creamy sauce, tender macaroni, a scatter of crispy breadcrumbs, and a forest of gooey cheese strings stretching from casserole to serving spoon. It's a wonderful, 'stick-to-the-ribs' meal that goes great with warm cornbread or rolls. I find that kids love this when they don't like regular 'spicy' chili. This is an old recipe from Grandma Carr. She got surplus cheese in large blocks and used it to make this dish.