Nannie's Mac and Cheese

This is part of another Sunday lunch tradition..at my Nannie's, my dad's mother, we always have fried chicken and lots of veggies. Some change from week to week but we ALWAYS have macaroni and cheese..its everyone's favorite. I never tried to make it before yesterday, and it was the same! Definitely one of my proudest moments in the kitchen.
Nannie has always had these blue stirring spoons that her sister gets where she lives in Mexico, and I always loved them when I was a kid. Nannie cooks everything with them. When I got married, she gave me three of my own! My copy of this recipe had the flour measured in "blue spoon" increments, so I had to figure out how "blue spoons" convert to cups haha!

Ingredients
1/3 cup of all purpose flour
3-4 tbsp butter
1 cup macaroni
1 1/2 cups of Velveeta (cut up into small cubes)
2 cups milk

First, cook the cup of macaroni. While its draining, melt butter in the pot. Then stir in flour with a fork or a wisk until its combined. It will kind of look like a paste. (I couldn't believe that little amount of butter could hold all that flour but it does). Wait about 30 seconds, then add the velveeta (its about 1/3 of the block if you dont want to measure) and milk. Whisk together until lumps are gone, over medium low heat. Let stand for two minutes to thicken (it will thicken even more in the oven). Then add pasta and stir.
Put in an oven safe dish and bake on 375 for 7-9 minutes or until the top gets a little golden brown, whichever you want. Mine never seems to get brown, but you can tell it gets firmer on top, thats when its done.
HAPPY COOKING!



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