How to Make the Best Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

One of the world's favorite foods, especially with little kids is macaroni and cheese. This is also a favorite, holiday dish as well, especially on Thanksgiving Day. Most people make macaroni and cheese right out of the box, because they are not sure how to do make it homemade. The box mac and cheese as it's called is good for what it's worth but homemade is much more enjoyable. In this article I will teach you the steps too making the best homemade macaroni and cheese that will be cherished forever.

The first step in making homemade macaroni and cheese is boiling the macaroni. First you will get a pot of water on the stove too start boiling. Depending on how many people you are cooking for you may use about one or two lbs. of macaroni. As the water is getting hot you can add a little seasoning to the water, because you will add more later. The seasoning you may add are, peppers, onions, salt, chicken broth for flavor, if your vegetarian you may add vegetable broth, curry or turmeric powder, and any others to your liking. Next you must add some butter or oil depending on your liking this will prevent the macaroni from sticking. When the water starts boiling you may add the macaroni to it and let it boil till it gets soft and tender. Some people like to throw out the water before it all boils down but I choose not too because it takes away all the seasoning and flavor so I let the water dry down.

The second step in making homemade macaroni and cheese is getting the first set of cheese ready. While the macaroni is boiling you will cut the amount of cheese you want to use first. Usually, about half a pound to a pound is fine to start off with. You will take a cup fill it with milk and all of the seasonings you added before into the milk. This is why I said only add a little bit at first, now after you add the seasoning you will mix it up with the milk. Then you will add the cheese to the milk, you may add a whole piece, sliced, or grated into the milk. Then you will mix it all up, by now your macaroni should be dried down so you may pour the seasoned cheese and milk mixture into the macaroni. You will then mix it up and turn it all around making sure it gets into all of the macaroni. You may add breadcrumbs if you like to give the macaroni a nice texture.

The final step in making homemade macaroni is baking it. Now you will get a baking dish, make sure you grease it first so the macaroni doesn't stick. Then you will take the macaroni and pour it into the dish, be very careful because the pot is very hot. Now that you have all the macaroni inside of the dish you will top it off with the proper toppings. First topping is grated cheese, the rest of your cheese you will now grate it and pour it all over the top of the macaroni. Make sure you cover all the macaroni leaving no space uncovered so it can look even and neat. Then you will cover the grated cheese with bread crumbs and grated powdered parmesan cheese, this will give your macaroni and cheese a very nice topping. When it's finished it will be a beautiful and amazing site. Put the oven on about 375and let it bake for about 30 to 45 minutes or until topping is brown and crispy. Let it sit for about 5 minutes be

Now on the next holiday or dinner you will be the most important person, everyone will want your great new dish. Homemade macaroni is so much better than the easy microwave mac and cheese and makes you feel better because you created a masterpiece. I hope that this article has helped you in order to make the best homemade macaroni and cheese that everyone will enjoy.