Recipe: Appetizing Bacon mac and cheese

Bacon mac and cheese. For bacon mac and cheese, you first want to cut bacon into small squares and cook it in a pan. Some of the bacon fat gets mixed with flour, milk and water to make a sauce, and the pasta simmers in the sauce until tender. Add a generous amount of cheddar cheese, and stir in the crispy bacon.

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Ingredients of Bacon mac and cheese

1. It's 1/2 box of elbow pasta.
2. It's 1/4 c of flour.
3. You need 1 pt of milk.
4. It's 6 slices of thick cut bacon.
5. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
6. Prepare 8 oz of sharp cheddar.
7. You need 8 oz of montery jack cheese.

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Bacon mac and cheese step by step

1. Heat oven to 425 and cook bacon on cooking sheet for 15m..
2. Cook pasta for 4 min. Drain but save 1/4c pasta water..
3. Grate cheese and set aside..
4. Put flour and milk in jar, close tight then shake until combined..
5. Add flour and milk into pasta water on low and stir until mixed..
6. Add small handfulls of cheese while stirring..
7. After mixture is combined heat on medium low for five minutes, stir occansionally..
8. Remove mixture from heat and add pasta then stir well..
9. Pour into bake pan then cover with crumbled bacon. Cook for 20 minutes..
10. Let cool before serving..

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