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Home-Style Baked Shells & Cheese

Kiera Chambers
4 to 6 servings
Beginner

"Everything's Beddar with Cheddar" ...("Better", for those of you who don't read "Wilson")... And really, most everything could use some more cheddar, when a recipe calls for 1 cup, 2 cups will be better... With a motto like this you can assume that we eat a lot of cheese over here at the ChambersMade household, and you would be correct... We love cheese on eggs, cheese on English muffins (thanks to my college roommate, Susan), cheese with nuts, cheese with fruit, cheese on veggies, cheese and crackers, grilled cheese, and of course Mac and Cheese. With all the cheese in our life/menu you'd think I would have discovered the best mac and cheese recipe. But, you'd be wrong, the kids still prefer the kind in the blue box (oh, don't judge, you know you have a box in your pantry!) So how come I can never find a homemade Mac & Cheese that we all like... Well, the search for the ChambersMade Shells & Cheese is over... I found the recipe and I'm sticking to it. I took a different recipe that called for 1 jar of store bought Alfredo Sauce and modified it, changing a few ingredients, making my own Alfredo and I found it... the best Shells and Cheese that we as a family have EVER had... and sadly, no leftovers! It was THAT good...I really wanted some the next day for lunch and we had scraped the pan clean the night before...possibly a ChambersMade first!

Total Steps

5

Ingredients

10

Tools Needed

3

Ingredients

  • 10 ounce Shells (or macaroni, whatever you have on hand or your kids like better)
  • 1 <a href="/L8P58TMC">chicken </a><a href="/4XRY35PD">bouillon cube </a>(optional)
  • 1 <a href="/GHP8Q5YG">recipe </a><a href="/DJ7ZQRHW">Alfredo sauce</a>
  • 3 cup <a href="/B28L3XSN">Cheddar Cheese</a>
  • 0 <a href="/XBPNFKYS">salt </a>and <a href="/SWV3CGDQ">pepper </a>to taste
  • 1 cup <a href="/6CFP63J8">bread crumbs</a>
  • 0 <a href="/DJ7ZQRHW">Alfredo Sauce </a>Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoon <a href="/3XTHR638">Butter</a>
  • 1 cup <a href="/5MCFTDL6">grated Parmesan cheese </a>(the cheap <a href="/LSB6B2SM">stuff)</a>
  • 1 cup cup <a href="/T465XCS4">half and half </a>(or <a href="/FPQGTBZG">milk </a>will do in a pinch)

Instructions

1

Step 1

<a href="/H3S4YV46">Preheat oven </a>to 375 & grease a 2 quart casserole <a href="/QQVZX64Y">dish.</a>

2

Step 2

Bring water to <a href="/W7VKDJHH">boil </a>add chicken bouillon and <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells,</a> cook following package directions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells.</a>

3

Step 3

Prepare Alfredo sauce (recipe follows) while <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells </a>are cooking. <a href="/64W3NS5R">Melt </a>butter in a saucepan add cheese and half and half, <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>until all is melted...3 minutes.

4

Step 4

Transfer the <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells </a>to the casserole <a href="/QQVZX64Y">dish,</a> add the Alfredo sauce, 2 cups of the cheese, the reserved pasta water and <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt </a>& pepper, and <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>until the ingredients are will combined. Cover the <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells </a>with the remaining cup of cheese, scatter the <a href="/R34ZSY3M">top </a>with <a href="/482ZKJDV">bread </a>crumbs.

5

Step 5

<a href="/RNT367Z2">Bake </a>until the <a href="/8PC5SQSH">shells </a>and cheese are bubbly and the <a href="/482ZKJDV">bread </a>crumbs are lightly <a href="/D434P8MH">browned,</a> 25-30 minutes, <a href="/Y6MVNCHX">serve </a>at once.

Tools & Equipment

Oven
Saucepan
Casserole dish

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