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43211 Based on 11 Reviews

Servings: 4 to 6 servings
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Difficulty: Easy

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6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups milk, warm
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Dash salt and freshly ground black pepper
Dash hot sauce
Dash Worcestershire sauce
3 cups shredded Cheddar
1 pound cavatappi pasta, cooked al dente
1 cup crushed potato chips
5 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan, for topping

Directions

Heat oven to 350 to 375 degrees F. 

Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large saucepot over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Whisk in the warmed milk and bring to a boil, continue to whisk constantly. The mixture will thicken as the heat increases. Continue to stir while adding the dry mustard, nutmeg, cayenne, salt, pepper, hot sauce and Worcestershire. Stir in the 3 cups of Cheddar until it melts. 

Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta and add to a 3 quart casserole dish. 

Sprinkle the chips, bacon and Parmesan on top and bake for 35 minutes. 

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Reader Comments:

54321

Need a crockpot recipe from Macaroni & cheese> I f you have one, could you please direct me to it, or e-mail me a copy. Thanx

By D. Lehr on December 28, 2011

32121

Overall this was a great dish. I changed things up a bit by cutting the butter, flour and milk by a third. Also, I substituted allspice got nutmeg, chilli powder for cayenne and upped the hot sauce and skipped the extra salt and bacon. It was almost as good as my mom's after tweaking.

By Natalie on December 20, 2011

54321

i love the bros stawberry shortcake.thans

By paula on May 06, 2011

54321

Hello Lynn, I believe this is the recipe you're looking for: http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/ultimate_coffee_cake/

By Jonathan Able on February 09, 2011

54321

Would love to have the recipe with pecans, frozen bread dough, buterscotch instant pudding, made in a bunt pan. That's all I can remember. Thanks Lynn

By Lynn Jones on January 25, 2011

21321

This recipe made for a tasteless dish. I have had great success with several of Paula's recipes, but this one fell flat.

By Anonymous on August 23, 2010

54321

Yummy! This turned out so good. The only thing I changed was instead of doing all cheddar cheese I did 2 cups cheddar and 1 cup of a mix. It had so much flavor to it. The shredded Parmesan on top really made a difference! It turned out great. Can't wait to make it for 4th of July.

By Anonymous on June 23, 2010

54321

I followed this recipe and was lacking taste!!! Made it for a very special person and sad thst it turned our so bad

By Anonymous on March 27, 2010

43211

i used turkey bacon instead and used the kettle chips crushed and honey it was the bomb it was so good

By Anonymous on December 06, 2009

21321

I followed this recipe to a T. It was tastless. You really have to liven this up with something. My 7 y/o who is a mac and cheese connoisseur said it was bad. I was hoping that with all the spices the recipe calls for that it would be full of flavor and zing. Yeah...not so much.

By fabelhaft on September 26, 2009

43211

This recipe has MEMORIES written all over it!!! My mom used to make homeade Mac & Cheese for me all the time, none of that outta the box stuff. This is the closest to mom's Mac I could find. I switched just a few things around to get a bit closer to that childhood taste. *Instead of using 3 cups of straight chedder, I halved it to 1 1/2 cups shredded colby 1 1/2 cups shredded mont. jack *In place of potato chips 1 cup of unseasoned breadcrumbs *In place of bacon 1/2 cup of chopped white onion Either way this is a wonerful recipe for all ages. If u try mom's hope u love as much as I did and still do! Thanks Paula.

By caitc on September 05, 2009

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