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One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured

Easiest One-Pot Mac and Cheese

from southernbite.com

38 cooks on southernbite.com rate it 4.6★.

hands-on15m
waitingnone
makes8
each$0.52
kcal362
levelbeginner
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The formula

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

this recipe typical
cheese50%112%
dairy108%168%
fat0%13%
salt1%1%
different cheeses1.01.0
melt idx0.60.6
cheese flavor idx0.60.6
stretch idx0.30.3

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

488 g2 cups whole milk
473 g2 cups water
6 g1 teaspoon salt
454 g1 (16-ounce) box macaroni
226 g2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Method: 2 steps, published by southernbite.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Alright! Someone who makes (at least when there’s time) Mac and cheese with white sauce! Years ago, someone gave me a Mac and cheese recipe using white sauce. Naturally, I had to fuss with it, so I quartered an onion, and cooked it, with the macaroni, al dente” — a cook
“What a wonderful recipe! I made this for lunch for my toddler and I. It was so easy to cut the recipe down to a quarter sized batch, which made a generous portion for just the two of us. I love the simplicity of the measurements! I did need to add a few more o” — a cook, 5.0★
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