Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Casserole
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
from iheartrecipes.com
It ranks #1 of 120 for sauce stability among the macaroni and cheese recipes we compared. 48 cooks on iheartrecipes.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, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 3 cups uncooked elbow macaroi | |
| 57 g | 4 tbsp salted butter (melted) |
| 22 g | 3 tbsp all purpose flour |
| 3 1/2 cups half & half | |
| 12 g | 2 tsp seasoning salt |
| 2 g | 1 tsp ground black pepper |
| 226 g | 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese (shredded) |
| 112 g | 1 cup mozzarella cheese (shredded) |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup Italian panko bread crumbs |
| 28 g | 2 tbsp salted butter (melted) |
Method: 17 steps, published by iheartrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I came online to *try* to find a recipe like my mother’s but with no success so used yours. The only thing I ‘tweaked’ was the butter; I used some bacon drippings instead of all butter because I was short on one and had some of the other. For the crumbs, I use” — a cook
“Please read all. Let's start off by saying I'm that women that HATES mac and cheese. My kids love Mac and cheese and my husband it's so so he doesn't really like it. So I've been searching for a looong time for a good recipe. Now with that being said. I made t” — a cook, 5.0★