Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Creamy Mac and Cheese
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
270 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 120.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 100% | 112% |
| dairy | 123% | 168% |
| fat | 0% | 13% |
| egg | 29% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 340 g | 12 oz elbow macaroni pasta |
| Salt for pasta cooking water | |
| 340 g | 12 oz evaporated milk (we used the Vit D one) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 170 g | 6 oz havarti cheese ((2 cups grated)) |
| 170 g | 6 oz colby jack cheese ((2 cups grated)) |
| 4 g | 3/4 tsp sea salt (or to taste) |
| 77 g | 1/3 cup sour cream |
Method: 3 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My kids are SOooooooooo incredibly picky with mac and cheese, that I have bought dried cheese powder (which is so expensive!) for years because that was all they would eat! Thousands of homemade mac and cheese recipes were surreptitiously thrown into the garba” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love making this dish and my family loves eating it. My go to for Mac-n-cheese. I also use a variety of cheeses if a have pieces to use up. (ie: Provel ropes, Swiss, cheddar sharp and medium, and even a light sprinkle of Parmesan mixed in.) Sometimes I cov” — a cook, 5.0★