My Mom's Easy Baked Macaroni and Cheese

The ingredients!

Uncooked macaroni, cheese, salt and pepper.  Oh, I forgot the milk.  

Don't faint...I actually do cook sometimes.  

So...I thought I would share my Mom's Easy Macaroni and Cheese recipe with you.  

Hubby and I just love this simple meal - particularly on a cold winter's night.  

Makes a meal for two:

One heaping cup of uncooked macaroni
Update:  Oops... that should be 8 oz.

One pound of sharp cheddar cheese

A little bit of milk 

Salt and pepper to taste.

Just increase the ingredients to make for more than two people.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until forms a nice crust.

You can make this ahead of time and store in the refrigerator and pop into the oven when ready to bake.  

Grate 8 oz. a pound of sharp cheddar cheese.

Boil the water needed.  

Salt the water and add the uncooked macaroni - I put in a heaping one cup for a meal for two - and continue boiling the macaroni for eight minutes.

Drain the cooked macaroni.

See the stream coming off the cooked noodles!

I use my favorite 1 quart casserole dish...my Mom's vintage Hall's Cookware from the 1940s.  

Spray PAM (or any no-stick cooking spray) on the bottom and sides of your dish - it makes clean up so much easier.

Add just enough milk (I use non-fat milk) to cover the bottom of the dish.

Layer the cooked macaroni then grated cheese...salt and pepper to taste...three times.

Bake in a 350 degree oven an hour or until a nice crust forms on top.

We like it nice and crusty.

Dish out and enjoy! 

It's a one dish meal... all we add is a piece of buttered bread.   

Enjoy!