Crock pot Mac and Cheese

All I can say is yum. I found this wonderful recipe and have made it three times in the last two months....in fact tonight is our youngest son's cross country team dinner and we made a HUGE batch of it. I used my big electric roaster for it instead of a bunch of smaller crock pots.....and tripled the recipe.

It was a little more gooey than usual but it really melted in the mouth. I myself like usuing the bigger noodles, especially for a larger batch.

Check out this ooey gooey goodness.

I could hardly keep the kids out of it and I surly wasn't able to keep my husband out of it.

With this recipe tripled I was able to feed 12 people and still........

....had a good five or six helpings left. See how thick it is. I think using smaller noodles would have turned out too gooey but the large ones you could still see.

Now don't get me wrong...this is nothing close to healthy but it's enough to die for.

This is the single recipe. It feed my family of five (three almost adult children).

3 cups uncooked macaroni noodles ( large)

2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

1 cup colby cheese, shredded

3 tbsp butter

2 & ¾ cup half & half

15 oz can Campbell’s Cheddar Cheese condensed soup

½ tsp ground black pepper (or more depending on taste)

Combine the half & half with the cheddar cheese soup, and mix until it's nice and smooth. Next, sprinkle in the black pepper, and mix. Pour the elbow macaroni the crock pot. Now pour in your half and half soup mixture, half of the shredded cheddar & colby, and the cut butter. Mix all together until well incorporated. Top off with the remaining shredded cheese. Put the lid on top of the slow cooker, then set the slow cooker on low. Let cook for 3 hours. Serve and enjoy!

Now if you want to make a bigger batch, like I did, you will need to set your roaster to 175-200 degrees. I put mine in at 1:15 and it cooked until I got off at 4:00. It was perfect. I turned it way down but then the roaster heats quick so we turned the heat up to remelt the cheese for about 5 minutes. ( I was liberal with the cheese too.)

Let me quick triple this recipe for you.

9 cups macaroni

6 cups chedder

3 cups colby

1 stick of butter + 1TBS

half gallon +1 cup half and half

5 cans of Cheddar cheese soup

pepper to taste.

Follow the above instructions.

Like I said not healthy but soooooo yummy.