
Cook 12 oz pkg elbow macaroni according to package directions while making cheese sauce.
Original Recipe (Bacon Free) Bacon Recipe
Cheese Sauce: Bacon/Cheese Sauce:
3 TBSP butter 8 slices bacon, cut into 1/2" bits
1/4 cup flour 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cup milk
Salt & pepper to taste Salt & pepper to taste
2 cups grated cheese 2 cups grated cheese
(your favorite cheddar) (your favorite cheddar)
*Bread crumbs for garnish (Toast one slice of bread & grate)*
Stir mixture constantly! Stir mixture constantly!
Melt butter in frying pan. Shake Fry bacon on high in frying pan. or whisk flour & milk together Remove bacon & save for later.
with salt & pepper and slowly add Shake or whisk flour & milk
to melted butter on low. Will be together with salt & pepper and
looser than a gravy. Slowly add slowly add to drippings on low.
all but 1/4 cup of cheese to white Will be looser than a gravy.
sauce. Cook on low until cheese Slowly add all but 1/4 cup of
is melted and smooth, stirring cheese to bacony, white sauce.
constantly. Add cooked & drained Cook on low until cheese is
macaroni to sauce in ovenproof melted and smooth, stirring
skillet or transfer to casserole dish. constantly. Add cooked & drained
Top with 1/4 cup remaining grated macaroni to sauce in ovenproof
cheese & 1/4 cup bread crumbs, skillet or transfer to casserole
bake for 30 minutes in 350 degree dish. Top with 1/4 cup remaining
oven. cheese, 1/4 cup bread crumbs & crispy, fried bacon bits, bake for 30 minutes in 350 degree oven.