Finish off by whisking in a little bit of creme fraiche. Introduce your cheese to the saucepan and whisk until velvety smooth. Now, slowly add your whole milk and keep whisking on medium heat until it thickens. Once melted, add an equal part flour and mix for about 45 seconds. Drain the pasta and set it to the side.Īdd your butter to a medium saucepan on medium heat. Add your pasta of choice and cook just until al dente. I’m sure that if you give it a try, it will end up going into your recipe collection, as well.For the first Mac and Cheese, season your boiling water generously with salt. Not many recipes get to make it to the album. I have printed out this recipe, took a photo of it, laminated it, and put it in my recipe album. So big sis…I will bow down gracefully to you and say that you make THE BEST Baked MAC N CHEESE EVER! The MVP is definitely that SMOKED CHEDDAR! Good God, I couldn’t stop eating this stuff. I just love how that top layer of smoked cheese forms like a crust. Usually, I’m not that into mac and cheese recipes that involve Velveeta, but this one….yeah, this one gets a pass! Yall this baked macaroni and cheese is FULL OF SOUL!! That is the first thing that came to mind when I took that first bite. THANKS A LOT, MATT…You’ll pay for that comment dearly! lol My husband took a bite and said, “um, you need to take your mac n cheese recipe off your blog and put this one up. I had one (ok three) plates of this macaroni and cheese and was on her heels like ash in the wintertime trying to get this recipe. What was this impostor all about! The proof was in the taste. I could have sworn I had all of my family members baked mac n cheese recipes. Well, imagine my shock when my sister sashayed in on Thanksgiving and casually placed this baked macaroni & cheese on the table. We share our favorite recipes like they are going on out of style! “Aint no sense in taking recipes to the grave” is how my grandmother sees it.

People tend to keep a tight grasp on their prized macaroni & cheese recipes, but not in my family.

I’m pretty sure you all know how hard it is to find a good, southern, soul food style baked macaroni and cheese recipe, right?

A recipe for homemade mac and cheese