Gluten Free Macaroni And Cheese

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 4 cups shredded cheese, divided
• 16 ounces gluten-free elbow macaroni

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375° f and grease 13 x 9 casserole dish.
• 2 cook macaroni according to package directions but reduce cooking time so the pasta is still quite a bit firm.
• 3 drain macaroni and set aside.
• 4 melt butter in medium saucepan.
• 5 stir in seasoned salt and pepper; remove from heat and set aside.
• 6 in a large mixing bowl, whisk corn starch into milk until smooth.
• 7 stir milk into butter mixture and whisk until well-blended.
• 8 stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until thickened (about 5 minutes or so) and remove from heat.
• 9 stir three cups of shredded cheese into sauce until melted; reserve one cup of cheese for topping.
• 10 combine cheese mixture with macaroni and spoon into prepared pan.
• 11 top with crunchy topping (recipe below) and reserved shredded cheese.
• 12 bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until crunchy topping is nice and toasty.
• 13 crunchy topping: pulse in a food processor until it becomes coarse crumbs: 2 slices toasted gluten-free bread; 1 tsp butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoons paprika.