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Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese is for Dinner.

Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese takes 30 minutes to cook.

Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese are:

8 cups elbow macaroni
2 tbsp butter or margarine
2 tbsp flour
4 cups milk (any milk is fine, the less fat the lower the calories- I use 2%)
8 ounces cheddar cheese- shredded
salt for the pasta water
1 tsp salt for the recipe
pepper, to taste
cooking spray or maragine for the baking pan

Here is how you make Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Boil macaroni in 8 cups of salted water- only until "al-dente". While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in a sauce pan, add flour to make a tick paste. Add milk and cook over med-low heat stirring frequently. When sauce thickens add salt, pepper, and grated cheddar cheese. Stir until cheese melts in. Spray a 9 x9 pan or a pan of your choice with cooking spray or lightly spread with margarine. Drain macaroni and add to pan, pour cheese sauce over and stir to combine. Bake for 30 minutes. Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NANAD5.

The nutritional information for Homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 401.6

• Total Fat: 15.5 g
• Cholesterol: 39.2 mg
• Sodium: 551.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 46.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
• Protein: 17.8 g