Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Crock Pot Mac and Cheese
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
from www.julieseatsandtreats.com
It ranks #4 of 120 for cheese intensity among the macaroni and cheese recipes we compared. 139 cooks on www.julieseatsandtreats.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 120.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 280% | 125% |
| dairy | 171% | 168% |
| fat | 27% | 13% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 210 g | 2 cups elbow macaroni (uncooked) |
| 57 g | 4 Tablespoons butter |
| 282 g | 2 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese (grated) |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup sour cream |
| 305 g | 10.75 ounces condensed cheddar cheese soup ((1 can)) |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.julieseatsandtreats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Thank you so much for this recipe! I was very skeptical while preparing the butter & cheese mixture, wondering why there was no flour for a roux, & the butter & cheese just separated & seemed weird. But I just dumped it in the crockpot with the rest of the ing” — a cook
“Very good and very easy to do! I admit that I was skeptical at first (especially when I saw the cheddar cheese soup!), but it was quite tasty indeed! Tips: I precooked the elbow macaroni for about 4 minutes only, as I don't care for mushy pasta. I did use w” — a cook, 4★