Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 120 for sauce stability among the macaroni and cheese recipes we compared. 22 cooks on www.lifesambrosia.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 | 0% | 112% |
| dairy | 0% | 168% |
| fat | 0% | 13% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| melt idx | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 16 ounces dried elbow noodles |
| 946 g | 4 cups water |
| 340 g | 12 ounces evaporated milk |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons butter (optional) |
| 227 g | 8 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese |
| 224 g | 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese |
| 113 g | 1 cup shredded fontina cheese |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon ground mustard powder |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon paprika |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic |
| salt and pepper |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.lifesambrosia.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“always read the instructions, not just the ingredients list. I stuck the milk in with the water and then pressure cooked it. Big frothy milk mess to clean up on pressure release :( I used condensed milk from a tin but it made it very sweet. Think next time I’l” — a cook
“I’ll be making this tonight for my husband. I don’t have mozzarella on hand, so I’m hoping he won’t notice that I replace that for cream cheese! Thank you for the EASY recipe!” — a cook