Baked Mac and Cheese

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 120.

	this recipe	typical
cheese	112%	112%
dairy	175%	168%
fat	18%	13%
thickener	8%	0%
salt	1%	1%
aromatics	1%	0%
topping	6%	0%
different cheeses	1.0	1.0
melt idx	0.6	0.6
cheese flavor idx	0.6	0.6
stretch idx	0.3	0.3

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

454 g	16 ounces elbow macaroni
71 g	5 tablespoons salted butter
38 g	5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 g	1 teaspoon onion powder
1 g	1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
671 g	2 3/4 cups milk
121 g	1/2 cup half and half (or light cream)
397 g	14 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese (approximately 3 1/2 cups lightly packed)
42 g	1 1/2 ounces shredded Parmesan cheese (approximately 1/2 cup)
2 g	1/2 teaspoon dry mustard powder
3 g	1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt (or to taste)
1 g	1/4 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
27 g	1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
10 g	2 teaspoons butter (melted)
57 g	2 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese (approximately 1/2 cup lightly packed)
12 g	2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese

Method: 8 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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