Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · The Best Baked Macaroni and Cheese
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
22 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.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 | 143% | 112% |
| dairy | 242% | 168% |
| fat | 31% | 13% |
| thickener | 10% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| topping | 24% | 0% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.6 | 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 pound elbow macaroni |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons butter |
| 45 g | 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried mustard (optional) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1098 g | 4 1/2 cups whole milk |
| 454 g | 16 ounces freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese (see note!), about 4 cups |
| 170 g | 6 ounces freshly shredded grueyere or Monterey Jack cheese (see note!), about 1 1/2 cups |
| 108 g | 1 cup bread crumbs or Panko crumbs |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons melted butter |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup freshly finely grated Parmesan cheese |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Tristin — February 19, 2024 @ 3:55 pm Reply Usually I make your IP macaroni and cheese —but I decided to change up my mac and cheese game and try this recipe last night. I was making dinner for 16 adults, so I needed more than one batch but two seemed excessiv” — a cook
“Heidi — February 8, 2024 @ 7:09 pm Reply My teen daughter said this recipe tastes just like Trader Joe’s Mac and cheese (she meant it as a compliment lol). Big hit at our house tonight. Thank you for the recipe. Also, I splurged and bought a pair of Vuori jogg” — a cook