# Mac and Cheese

This year's mac and cheese recipe is out of this world, featuring a creamy, cheesy, velvety sauce over perfectly cooked pasta, baked until golden.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pasta
- butter
- crushed garlic
- flour
- half and half
- heavy cream
- 1 cup freshly grated cheeses
- cream cheese
- toasted spices

## Instructions

1. Cook your pasta until it's slightly undercooked.
2. Strain the pasta and toss it in some butter.
3. Melt butter, then sauté in some crushed garlic.
4. Add in flour and cook until it's golden.
5. Whisk in half and half and heavy cream and let it simmer until it thickens.
6. On low heat, whisk in about 1 cup of freshly grated cheeses at a time until it melts.
7. Remove from the heat, then whisk in cream cheese and toasted spices.
8. Pour the creamy sauce all over the pasta and gently fold it in.
9. Top with the remaining freshly grated cheeses.
10. Bake at 425° Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
11. Broil for about 5 minutes or until it's golden.

## Tips

- Use only freshly grated cheeses.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkh7JPUy/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/adbf22a8-c04e-405d-8802-b3a3ad3771e7
- Extracted: 2026-04-05

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