Recipe: Old Fashioned Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Old Fashioned Baked Macaroni and Cheese

3 1/3 cups Elbow macaroni
4 Tbsp Butter -- margarine
4 Tbsp Flour
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp White pepper
3/4 tsp Dry mustard
3 1/2 cups Milk
8 dash Tabasco sauce
5 cups Cheddar cheese -- grated shar

Topping:
2 Tbsp Butter -- margarine - melted
1/2 cup Dry bread crumbs
1/4 tsp Paprika

Cook macaroni as directed on package. Pour cooked macaroni into 3 qt. baking dish. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat; blend in flour, salt, pepper and mustard. Add milk and Tabasco, cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until sauce is thick and smooth. Remove sauce from heat; stir in cheese until melted. Combine sauce with cooked macaroni. Mix together melted butter, crumbs and paprika. Sprinkle crumbs over macaroni. Bake at 350F 25-30 minutes.