Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Mac and cheese cups

Mac and cheese cups. These mini Mac and Cheese Cups are a fun hors d'ouerve for parties, and they're easy to make using a mini muffin pan. The trick to pulling these off is to make them more cheesy than saucy. That way they hold together, and you can hold your mac and cheese cup in one hand and your glass of wine.

Because my true favorite recipe for Mac & cheese has cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese in it, I thought I'd add them too! In a muffin tin, place a spoonful of macaroni and cheese and distribute to make a cup, place a meatball in the center and add more macaroni on top. These mac & cheese cups are perfect for throwing into a lunchbox. You can cook Mac and cheese cups using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mac and cheese cups

It's 1/2 of # elbow macaroni (about 5-6C cooked).
It's 2 1/2 Tbsp of butter.
It's 2 Tbsp of flour.
Prepare 1 1/2 C of milk.
It's 2 1/2 C of shredded cheddar cheese.
You need 2 oz of cream cheese.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
It's 1/4 tsp of pepper.
Prepare 1 of egg, beaten.

My mother was a bit of a rebel with her macaroni and cheese in that she didn't believe in making a roux. These Classic Mac & Cheese Cups feature macaroni in a real cheddar cheese sauce. Pesto Mac and Cheese is such a simple twist on everyone's favorite comfort food! The pesto adds SO MUCH FLAVOR you might never want to have plain mac and cheese again!

Mac and cheese cups instructions

Preheat oven to 400°. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Cook pasta according to package..
In a medium saute pan, melt the butter and add flour, whisking constantly to make the rue. Slowly add the milk and bring to a simmer. Add the cheeses and S&P and continue to whisk until all blended..
Put the pasta in a medium bowl and pour in the beaten egg. Stir these together. Add the cheese mixture and coat the pasta. (This is where you can add more pasta if there seems to be a lot of sauce).
Spoon the mixture into the muffin tins. Top each with a little more shredded cheddar cheese..
Bake for 19 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes to scoop out and serve..

Pesto Mac and Cheese One Of My Favorite Easy Dinners! Macaroni and cheese is a kid staple! So let's make them into cupcakes by baking them in muffin tins! This will reinvent the meal for your kids and make it easy for you to have them eat it on the go or pack it as a snack in their lunch bag. Young relatives were coming for a Christmas party, so I wanted something fun for them to eat.