Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Baked macaroni and cheese

Baked macaroni and cheese.

You can cook Baked macaroni and cheese using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baked macaroni and cheese

1. It's 3 tbsp of butter.
2. Prepare 1/2 c of flour.
3. It's 1 cup of buttermilk.
4. It's 1 cup of heavy cream.
5. Prepare 1 1/2 c of shredded cheddar.
6. It's 1 1/2 c of shredded mozzarella.
7. You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.
8. You need of I tsp onion powder.
9. You need 1 tsp of paprika.
10. It's 1/2 c of cream cheese.
11. Prepare 1 box of cooked macaroni noodles.
12. Prepare 5 slices of mild cheddar.
13. Prepare 6 slices of yellow American cheese.

Baked macaroni and cheese step by step

1. Cheese sauce mix together 3 tbsp melter butter and 1/2 cup of flour together in a crock pot and once combined add the heavy cream and buttermilk and the shredded cheddar and mozzarella whisk together until combined add the paprika the onion powder and the garlic powder whisk together and then let cook on low til cheese melts and sauce is rich and creamy and all cheese is melted about 20 minutes.
2. Once sauce is done combine cooked noodles in crock pot and let cook in crock pot for 20 minutes and sauce should be thick.
3. Remove from crockpot and add to a baking dish and put a bottom layer of noodle mixture and then add 5 slices mild cheddar and then add another layer of noodle mixture on top and then add 6 slices of yellow American cheese and then add another layer of noodle mixture.
4. Top with Panko bread crumbs and shredded Monterey jack cheese and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.