Holiday Macaroni & Cheese - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    16 16 ounces rotini pasta or 16 ounces shell pasta
    3 tablespoons white pepper
    3 tablespoons onion powder
    2 tablespoons dried mustard powder
    3 pints evaporated milk
    6 tablespoons butter
    1 egg
    1/2 cup flour
    2 teaspoons salt
    8 ounces progresso seasoned bread crumbs
    16 ounces smoked sharp cheddar cheese
    16 ounces Velveeta cheese
Preparation
    Cook the pasta according to package directions.
    In a large sauce pan, melt the butter on a low heat. Add in a little flour, enough to make a paste (turn down the heat--flour/butter mixture burns quickly).
    Add the evaporated milk and keep stirring, on a low heat until this mixture thickens---you can add more flour if it's not thick enough. Then, add in all the dry spices, and keep stirring.
    Cut the cheese into small little cubes and then add it to the mixture, still on a low heat and keep stirring.
    Meanwhile, in another sauce pan, add 2tbs of butter and melt on a low heat. Once the butter is sizzling, add in the bread crumbs and saute lightly. Beat the egg and add it to the bread crumbs (You want the bread crumb topping to hold together) Once that happens, let it sit with foil . Meanwhile, if the cheese is thoroughly melted, put the pasta in an oblong baking dish, and pour the cheese mixture over the pasta.
    Bake the macaroni & cheese (covered with foil) for 30 min on 325\u00b0F
    Remove the foil and with a spatula slip the bread-crumb topping over the Mac & Cheese. For 10 min more, uncovered continue baking, but keep checking. You just want the bread-crumb topping to be lightly brown!

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