Baked Macaroni

 Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of macaroni 
• Grated cheese of choice
• 1/2 pint of milk
• One teaspoon of butter
• One heaping tablespoon of flour
• One teaspoon of salt
• One teaspoon of pepper

Directions

White Sauce

1. Heat butter in small sauce pan and stir until melted. (Be careful not to brown it.)
2. Add the dry flour to butter and stir quickly until mixed.
3. Pour 1/3 of milk and let it boil up.
4. Continue to stir mixture as it thickens.
5. Gradually add remaining milk.
6. Add salt and pepper.

Macaroni

1. Boil macaroni in boiling, salted water until tender.
2. Drain macaroni and place into buttered pudding dish.
3. Layer macaroni with cheese.
4. Pour white sauce over entire dish.
5. Cover dish with grated cheese and butter.
6. Bake in oven until brown.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Graham Stephenson
Louisiana Anthology
September 30, 2023