Crock-Pot Mac-and-Cheese-Recipe

This Mac & Cheese is easy because it is cooked in the crock-pot and delicious.

When you have a group of children over to eat, maybe during the holidays, it is always a good idea to serve Macaroni and Cheese.  Try using your crock-pot when fixing Mac & Cheese, especially if your crock-pot has a warm setting.  After the Mac & Cheese starts bubbling around the edges (3 hours on low in crock-pot), just turn it on warm and forget about it.  This recipe turns out very creamy and delicious.

What’s on our Thanksgiving and Christmas table? I am pretty sure you will find most of the following sides dishes on any Southern Thanksgiving or Christmas table.  My family loves all of them.  I guess it is tradition that I have to fix these dishes or at least most of these dishes.  I do make my family narrow the list down.  Usually, everyone gets to pick their favorite dish and they help prepare that dish. The dishes highlighted in blue are links to recipes already on my blog.

• Homemade Creamy Macaroni & Cheese – See Below
• Green Bean Casserole
• Green Bean Bundles
• Sweet Potato Casserole
• Baked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
• Corn Pudding – Crock-pot
• Lima Bean Casserole – Coming soon!
• Broccoli and Yellow Rice Casserole
• Moist Corn Bread Dressing
• Deviled Eggs
• 7 Layered Salad
• Strawberry Pretzel Salad

CROCK-POT CREAMY MACARONI AND CHEESE -  adapted from Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining cookbook.  I added salt, pepper, granulated garlic, and dry mustard.

• 1 pound dry macaroni – this is about 4 cups dry (I used penne pasta because it is what I had on hand.  I normally use macaroni noodles.)
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 12 ounce can evaporated milk
• 10 3/4 ounce can cheddar cheese soup
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 cups grated Gruyère cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon each salt, pepper, granulated garlic, and dry mustard

Cook the macaroni until al dente (this works better than fully cooking it).  Mix the macaroni with all the ingredients except for 2 cups of shredded cheese for the top.  Place the macaroni and other ingredients into a crock-pot that has been sprayed with a cooking spray.

Add the other 2 cups of shredded cheese to the top.

Cook on low 3 hours.  Once it is heated throughly and bubbling around the edges, turn the crock-pot to warm until ready to serve.

I used a 5 quart crock-pot.  I had plenty of room to double or triple this recipe.

I really enjoy cooking with my crock-pot.  You can find many crock-pot recipes on my blog.

CROCK-POT MACARONI AND CHEESE – add 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese to the top of the macaroni.

CROCK-POT MACARONI AND CHEESE

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