{"id":1937,"slug":"macaroni-and-cheese-baked","title":"Macaroni and Cheese (Baked)","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["½ lb (227 g) dry elbow macaroni","3 Tbsp butter","3 Tbsp flour","1 Tbsp powdered mustard","3 cups milk","1 red onion, finely chopped","2 tsp Tabasco pepper sauce","1 bay leaf","½ tsp paprika","1 standard egg","12 oz (340 g) sharp cheddar, shredded","1 tsp salt","Fresh black pepper","1 cup panko bread crumbs"],"ingredients_norm":["dry elbow macaroni","butter","flour","powdered mustard","milk","red onion","tabasco pepper sauce","bay leaf","paprika","standard egg","sharp cheddar","salt","fresh black pepper","panko bread crumb"],"steps":["Preheat oven to 350 °F.","In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until it is al dente.","While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a separate pot.","Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it is free of lumps.","Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.","Temper in the egg.","Stir in ¾ of the cheese.","Season with salt and pepper.","Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish.","Top with remaining cheese.","Melt the butter in a sauté pan, add breadcrumbs, and toss to coat.","Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs.","Bake for 30 minutes.","Remove from oven and rest for 10 minutes before serving."],"categories":["Pasta recipes","Recipes using pasta and noodles","Recipes using cheddar","Vegetarian recipes","Boiled recipes","Baked recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes for macaroni and cheese","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using bread crumb","Recipes using egg","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using cow milk","Recipes using mustard powder"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Macaroni_and_Cheese_(Baked)","source_ref":"4615198","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Macaroni_and_Cheese_(Baked)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"421185d59a4752f6ed1d87d6948cee46a78329787f5c89809bbfb0ac9d7024b4","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/macaroni-and-cheese-baked"}