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    Home » Recipes » Crockpot Cooking

    Creamy Crock Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe

    by Mindi Cherry

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    crockpot mac and cheese

    So we have a problem in our house...my daughter eats about 4 foods and won't try anything else. One of those foods is the macaroni & cheese "in the blue box" and I have been on a quest to find a homemade version. Last month I came up with my easy macaroni and cheese recipe and, while my husband and boys loved it, she wouldn't even try it.

    Sigh...the quest continues.

    We were doing a lot of running around that day and I wanted to give crock pot mac and cheese a try. I had tried it in the past, but had a problem with the cheese curdling or it drying out, but I know that so many people are able to make it. Thanks to Paula Deen, I now have the best recipe for crock pot mac and cheese to add to my lineup!

    But my daughter still wouldn't try it.  I think I need to find the pasta that comes in the blue box...and maybe add some orange food coloring for her to try it.  Then again, maybe I can just wait for her to outgrow her picky-eater phase....

    Serve this as a side dish or as a meal all by itself (although the next time I make it as a meal, I think I might double the recipe.  My 10-year old was practically licking the inside of the crockpot!).  I paired it with a cup of tomato soup and it was delicious!

    One last thing - I am not usually a fan of using slow cooker liners (it's really not that hard to clean my crockpot), but I did use them this time because I was concerned about it sticking too much to the pot.  I'm glad I did because it made clean-up a breeze!

    Scroll down for the complete directions!

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    Creamy Crock Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe

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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 2 hours hours 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 dinner-size servings

    Ingredients 

    • 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
    • 4 tablespoon butter
    • 2 ½ cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • 1 10 ¾ ounce can condensed cheddar cheese soup
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup whole milk
    • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper

    Instructions

    • Boil the macaroni in water until just slightly undercooked. Drain
    • In a medium saucepan, combine butter and cheese. Cook & stir until the cheese melts.
    • Spray the inside of your slow cooker with non-stick spray (or use a crock pot liner
    • Add the cheese/butter mixture, sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper to your crockpot and stir well.
    • Add the drained macaroni and stir again.
    • Cook on low for about 2.5 - 3 hours, stirring occasionally

    Notes

    The original recipe called for eggs (because I was afraid of curdling), but I skipped those and it turned out fabulous!

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    Comments

    1. Carrie

      March 01, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      Instead of the whole milk, I use a can of evaporated milk. I also use cream cheese instead of the canned soup.

      • Mindi Cherry

        August 29, 2014 at 10:58 pm

        Thanks for the heads-up! I am going to make this again this weekend and I will try cream cheese!

    2. Lisa

      August 29, 2014 at 9:05 am

      Thanks Carrie for the cream cheese instead of the canned soup. I have also used eggs and they dong curdle, just wanted to offer that out there.

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