[my] BEST MACARONI & CHEESE evah!!!

WOW! This was so good ! ! !

I've been trying to make homemade mac&cheese for a while now.

Tried it in the crock pot a la Stephanie @ crockpot 365

We're not fans :( every time (3x) I made it the cheese got curdly - not yummy

So then I came across Ree @ The Pioneer Woman. Her recipe, not your grannies mac&cheese was close to what I was searching for. but still not it. Then she posted this. {{{{{swoon}}}}}

I should warn that my love for stouffers mac&cheese is deep. It makes me happy. It's what mac&cheese is supposed to taste like, supposed to be.

Of course I couldn't follow Rees directions exactly; I have a bit of cooking ADD {{{blush}}} I get sidetracked by my kids or the idea of washing another mixing bowl/measuring cup/ slotted spoon, that i just wing it. The following recipe was inspired by my dinner making role model, Ree @ The Pioneer Woman

[my] BEST MACARONI and CHEESE

x1 box noodles (i used cellentani)

4tbs salted butter

1/4 cup all purpose flour

x2 pinches ground mustard

x1 egg

x2 cups milk (i used fat free)

tons of shredded cheese, i means TONS (i used extra sharp chedder, sharp chedder & mozz)

* cook noodles according to package. you want to grab them right before they're al dente

* pre heat oven to 350

* crack egg into bowl & whisk it up

* in large saucepan, melt butter, then slowly add flour, all the while continuing to whisk

* whisk whisk whisk whisk until mixture is one

* pour in milk, keep whisking

* pinch the mustard in, keep whisking

* whisk & let it cook (on medium) for 5ish minutes. it should turn gravy like

*scoop 1/4 cup out & slowly whisk it into the egg bowl (try to not cook the egg, that is why you're whisking/pouring slowly)

* then dump that back into the original saucepan

* and whisk whisk whisk some more

* drop handfuls of cheese into saucepan

* stir cheese & dump more in

* continue until you think it's cheese enough. when all is melted/combined, turn heat off

*drain boiling pasta

* scoop pasta out of strainer & into cheesy goodness

* stir

* pour into baking dish (i used a rectangle glass pyrex)

* sprinkle more shredded cheese on top

* bake for 20 minutes @ 350

that's it {{{YAY!}}} so yummy. i love love love how it turned out.