amydoll Recipe – Baked Mac and Cheese for One

This is a fast, easy to prepare, and filling meal. Once you try homemade mac and cheese, you'll never want the boxed stuff again. I cook mine in a soup crock.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons uncooked macaroni pasta
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• ⅓ teaspoon onion powder
• ½ cup milk
• ⅓ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• ⅓ teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoon shredded Cheddar cheese

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an oven-proof soup crock or 1 cup baking dish.
2. Fill a small saucepan with water, and bring to a boil. Stir in the macaroni; boil until cooked but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well, and reserve.
3. In the same saucepan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour, salt, pepper, onion powder, and milk; whisk until smooth. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low, and whisk in 1/3 cup cheese, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Stir in the cooked macaroni. Spoon the macaroni and cheese into the prepared dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon cheddar cheese.
4. Bake, uncovered, until the cheese is melted and the macaroni is heated through, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories468.7
• carbohydrateContent30 g
• cholesterolContent88.6 mg
• fatContent30 g
• fiberContent1.5 g
• proteinContent19.8 g
• saturatedFatContent18.7 g
• sodiumContent1046.2 mg
• sugarContent6.5 g