Spiced Mac and Cheese
Ready to ditch your usual boxed mac and cheese but don't want something fancy-schmancy? Try this spiced mac and cheese for a fun twist on an old comfort food favorite.
Ingredients
- ½ lb dried elbow macaroni
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups milk any kind (unflavored if non-dairy milk -- I used oat milk because that’s what I had on hand), room temperature or warmed lightly on the stove
- ¼-½ teaspoon grated nutmeg start with ¼ and add a few dashes if you like more!
- couple dashes of paprika
- 3 cups cheddar cheese freshly shredded (you can also get fancy and combine cheeses but again, this was what I had!)
Instructions
- Cook the elbow macaroni according to package instructions.
- While pasta is cooking (because I hate letting cooked pasta sit and get all weird and crusty!), melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk in flour, salt, and pepper, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
- Reduce burner temperature to medium-low and slowly add the milk to flour mixture, whisking constantly for a couple minutes until the mixture is just barely thickened.
- Remove mixture from heat and stir in cup shredded cheese, stirring just until melted.
- Add the cooked macaroni noodles, tossing to coat thoroughly.
- Serve!
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