{"id":2018,"slug":"macaroni-and-cheese-i","title":"Macaroni and Cheese I","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["½ cup (8 tbsp / 1 stick / 125 g / 4.4 oz) butter","½ cup (70 g / 2.5 oz) flour","4 cups (1 L / 1.1 quart) milk, heated","1 cup (125 g / 4.4 oz) cheddar cheese","1 cup (125 g / 4.4 oz) Parmesan or Monterey Jack cheese","½ tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste","1 pound (450 g) macaroni noodles, boiled and drained"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","flour","milk heated","cheddar cheese","parmesan or monterey jack cheese","cayenne pepper","macaroni noodle"],"steps":["Make a roux using the butter and flour.","Add the heated milk, and whisk until smooth to complete the white sauce.","Mix in the cheese and cayenne pepper.","Mix the cheese sauce into the cooked macaroni noodles until well-coated."],"categories":["Macaroni and cheese recipes","Recipes for macaroni and cheese","Recipes using pasta and noodles","Recipes using cheddar","Recipes using butter","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using cow milk","Recipes using monterey jack"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"4–6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Macaroni_and_Cheese_I","source_ref":"4600879","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Macaroni_and_Cheese_I&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"0391f1df888596477eceed32608c349b19de4f63bd5cd83488af01b0907fb96e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/macaroni-and-cheese-i"}