Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Southern Baked Mac and Cheese with Breadcrum
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
from drivemehungry.com
587 cooks on drivemehungry.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 | 150% | 112% |
| dairy | 215% | 168% |
| fat | 21% | 13% |
| thickener | 10% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 35% | 0% |
| topping | 48% | 0% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.7 | 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.
| 454 g | 1 lb cavatappi pasta |
| 85 g | 6 Tablespoons butter |
| 45 g | 6 Tablespoons all purpose flour |
| 976 g | 4 cups whole milk (warmed up in the microwave) |
| 160 g | 1 cup diced yellow onions ((optional)) |
| 454 g | 16 oz gruyere cheese (shredded) |
| 227 g | 8 oz white cheddar cheese (shredded) |
| salt and pepper to taste | |
| 5 Tablespooons butter | |
| 216 g | 2 cups breadcrumbs (use panko bread crumbs for a flakier crust) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder (add more or less depending preference) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons truffle oil |
Method: 9 steps, published by drivemehungry.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have make this before a while ago. This Christmas we are having ham so I am going to make it again! I have 5 kinds of cheeses i can use: Extra sharp cheddar, mozzarella, white sharp cheddar, swiss and provolone. Which cheeses would you recommend to cook toge” — a cook
“I made this tonight and it didn’t turn out anything like the picture 🙁 I didn’t substitute and carefully used all of the right ingredients. But it came out all curdled looking – not creamy/stringy like I was hoping?! Please tell me what I did wrong so I don’t ” — a cook