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Other options include rotini, elbows, penne, fusilli, and farfalle.

Cavatappi pasta: Cavatappi is my go-to! It holds the cheese sauce very well and it’s short and long enough at the same time.

Have you tried my Stovetop Mac and Cheese or Fried Mac and Cheese Bites yet? If you’re a cheese lover, you can’t miss these! Jump to:

Make-ahead friendly: Assemble it up to 2 days in advance and bake later.

Great texture! Creamy with crunchy herbed bread crumb topping? Yes please!.

Creamy and comforting: You’ll love how creamy and smooth it is.

Why my family LOVES this white cheddar mac and cheese: I like to bake my white cheddar mac and cheese with breadcrumbs sprinkled on top for added texture and to bring all the flavors together until golden brown and bubbly. It’s creamy, comforting, and absolutely delicious. I’ve made it every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, along with these red skin mashed potatoes, and it has never failed to put a smile on everyone’s faces during the holiday season.

This white cheddar mac and cheese has a special place in my heart. So it’s not a huge deal if it happens to you, but it does affect the consistency, making it less smooth.If there’s one thing I really really love, it’s mac and cheese. The good news is, the taste wasn’t affected at all. I didn’t realize my mom had a convection oven and I baked at regular temp/time, and guess what happened? Curdled. If you have a convection oven, reduce your temp by 25 degrees! If your oven is too hot, it could cause your sauce to curdle. My biggest tip here is to make sure your oven is accurate. Hardly any stovetop cooking required - the oven does most of the work, and oh my gosh guys is this impressive. Then you just toss that cheese mixture with your pasta and bake in a buttered baking dish. Then add your liquid (in this case, we’re using half and half) and shredded cheeses. For the sauce, all you need to do is whisk eggs with some cream cheese. This southern baked macaroni and cheese follows the custard route, relying on eggs to help thicken the cheesy sauce rather than a roux.

Eliminating the béchamel from macaroni and cheese (and still being successful making it) was one of my first ah-ha moments in the cheesy world of mac. For me though, I find béchamel can be really thick and sometimes tricky to make correctly. Many macaroni and cheese recipes follow this as the base, then it’s just about adding whatever cheese you want. Béchamel is a mother sauce - flour and butter sautéed then whisked with warm milk to create a thick white sauce. That is, of course, unless I made the boxed variety, which happened often. When I was a teenager and even in my early 20s, I thought that making macaroni and cheese meant for sure making a béchamel and adding cheese to it.