I made Grandma Nugget's Mac 'n Cheese for dinner

[hisno1girl]

My SS ate half the pan and said he wants to eat more but he's afraid he'll get sick.

TY nuggetbrain, your Grandma made my menfolk have happy tummies tonight and DH even managed to eat quite a bit.

[iamali]

Someone PLEASE come here and make this mac and cheese for me.

[hisno1girl]

Aug 27, 2014 17:39:29 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

I need the recipe, please.

Grandma Nugget's Mac & Cheese recipe.

5 cups uncooked macaroni noodles
8 cups (2 pounds) shredded cheddar
(I default to mild because I don't like sharp cheese)
2.5 cups white sauce. You can use less or more if you want, apparently this is adjustable, but I wouldn't use less than 2 cups.

White Sauce:
Heat 5 tablespoons of butter or margarine in a pan until melted. Add 1/8th teaspoon pepper, 2.5 teaspoons of salt and 2.5 tablespoons of flour and stir. Then add 2.5 cups of milk, and heat to warm. Wisk briskly (to get rid of any lumps of flour mixture) and then continue heating until it begins to boil/froth. Sometimes the milk has to be a between warm and hot before you wisk. Even if its hot, you can still wisk it in the pan if you're careful.

Boil noodles and drain. Spread a layer of noodles on the bottom of the baking dish. Spread a layer of shredded cheddar cheese, and drizzle fairly heavily with white sauce. Repeat these layers (so at the end you will have noodles, cheese, white sauce, noodles, cheese, white sauce). Cover with tin foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Take the cover off, and cook for 15 minutes more.

[8675309]

This looks so f'ing good. My mom makes an insane mac n cheese but I think this one is going to top hers. Ohhhhh white sauce, how I love the thought of you.

[1confused1]

What's white sauce?

[Champagne Supernova]

Posting here because I really need to try this magical recipe.

[isabel]

Aug 27, 2014 17:57:41 GMT -5 1confused1 said:

What's white sauce?

Pssst... It's in the recipe! *points up*

[hisno1girl]

Aug 27, 2014 17:57:41 GMT -5 1confused1 said:

What's white sauce?

Liquid happiness!

[hisno1girl]

Oh, and fuck "no carbs" tonight!

[1confused1]

Aug 27, 2014 17:59:32 GMT -5 isabel said:

Aug 27, 2014 17:57:41 GMT -5 1confused1 said:

What's white sauce?

Pssst... It's in the recipe! *points up*

Oh geez.  I'm tired.  Clearly.  Thanks

[VeryViolet]

I made the white sauce with sour cream the other day and it was not a bad addition not bad at all.

[noodleoo]

Mmmmmm! I love this recipe. Now I want to make it too.

[UnderProtest]

I am sad to report that the recipe doesn't translate well with the British version of cheddar cheese. I was heartbroken to figure this out.

[dexteroni]

This is almost exactly how I make macaroni and cheese, except that I usually melt the cheese into the white sauce before pouring it over the macaroni. I like the idea of not mixing them together first. I'll try it next time!

[berbles]

Aug 27, 2014 18:27:46 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

I am sad to report that the recipe doesn't translate well with the British version of cheddar cheese. I was heartbroken to figure this out.

I had a friend who was living in the UK for a while and he always asked us to send him Cheddar and peanut butter; that there were no good substitutes out there.  Who knew.

[Deleted]

That sounds so good. I'm ready for fall and cooking!

[psychmom]

Does this recipe fill one 9x13 pan or two?

[starlily]

Aug 27, 2014 22:16:38 GMT -5 psychmom said:

Does this recipe fill one 9x13 pan or two?

One, filled to the brim.

[escrow]

Me too

[spwspw]

Dirty lurker replying so I can hunt this recipe down later.

[UnderProtest]

Aug 27, 2014 20:18:22 GMT -5 berbles said:

Aug 27, 2014 18:27:46 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

I am sad to report that the recipe doesn't translate well with the British version of cheddar cheese. I was heartbroken to figure this out.

I had a friend who was living in the UK for a while and he always asked us to send him Cheddar and peanut butter; that there were no good substitutes out there.  Who knew.

Yeah, I'm okay with the peanut butter, mainly because I don't eat much of it and my kids were eating the natural stuff in the US anyway.  But I can't deal with the weird cheddar cheese.  It doesn't melt right and isn't as creamy in the UK.  It is throwing off my cheese based recipes (of which there are many).  And just so you know, I went to sleep last night dreaming of good mac and cheese.  

[aMrsin09]

So I can find the this later

Sent from my SM-G900I using proboards

[Waffles]

This sounds like the perfect way for me to say (temporarily) goodbye to carbs

[captainobvious]

Aug 28, 2014 7:02:27 GMT -5 Les Paul said:

Add a pound of cooked, chopped bacon to the layers and it's even better.

I was thinking ham, but yours is better.

[hisno1girl]

Aug 28, 2014 8:35:32 GMT -5 captainobvious said:

Aug 28, 2014 7:02:27 GMT -5 Les Paul said:

Add a pound of cooked, chopped bacon to the layers and it's even better.

I was thinking ham, but yours is better.

I did add ham to mine!

[Deleted]

Grandma Nuggets Mac & Cheese with Frank's Red Hot is my ULTIMATE COMFORT FOOD. I can't wait for a nice cool crisp fall day to make this for dinner.

[Deleted]

I can't make this! I won't eat anything else ever! I'll train my stomach not to ache