{"id":947,"date":"2015-03-07T18:24:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deanasimmons.wordpress.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2015-03-07T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T00:24:07","slug":"baked-mac-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Baked Mac and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/deanasimmons.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?attachment_id=948\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southernladycooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A1100 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1294041733&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"baked mac and cheese\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southernladycooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-948\" src=\"https:\/\/deanasimmons.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"baked mac and cheese\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southernladycooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southernladycooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southernladycooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baked-mac-and-cheese.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Ingredients<\/div>\n<div>4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni<\/div>\n<div>3\/4 cup finely chopped onion<\/div>\n<div>3\/4 cup butter,\u00a0<em>divided<\/em><\/div>\n<div>6 tablespoons all-purpose flour<\/div>\n<div>4-1\/2 cups milk<\/div>\n<div>4 cups (16 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese<\/div>\n<div>1 teaspoon ground mustard<\/div>\n<div>1-1\/2 teaspoons salt<\/div>\n<div>1\/4 teaspoon pepper<\/div>\n<div>3\/4 cup dry bread crumbs<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Directions<\/div>\n<div>Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a<\/div>\n<div>saucepan,\u00a0saut\u00e9\u00a0the onion in 1\/2 cup butter. Add the flour; whisk<\/div>\n<div>until blended. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir<\/div>\n<div>until thickened. Stir in the cheese, mustard, salt and pepper until<\/div>\n<div>smooth.<\/div>\n<div>Drain macaroni and add to sauce; stir until coated. Transfer to a<\/div>\n<div>greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Melt the remaining butter; toss<\/div>\n<div>with bread crumbs. Sprinkle over macaroni mixture. Bake, uncovered,<\/div>\n<div>at 350\u00b0 for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 6-8<\/div>\n<div>servings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni 3\/4 cup finely chopped onion 3\/4 cup butter,\u00a0divided 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4-1\/2 cups milk 4 cups (16 ounces)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,14,48],"tags":[92,151,153,250,277,327,331,428,611,668,920,921,927,1097,1147,1181,1201,1272,1464,1501,1521],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casseroles","category-dinner","category-side-dishes","tag-all-purpose-flour","tag-baked","tag-baked-mac-and-cheese","tag-bread-crumbs","tag-butter","tag-cheese","tag-cheese-dish","tag-chopped-onion","tag-dinner-2","tag-elbow-macaroni","tag-home-cooking","tag-homemade","tag-homemade-dinner","tag-mac-and-cheese","tag-milk","tag-mustard","tag-onion","tag-pepper","tag-salt","tag-sharp-cheddar-cheese","tag-side-dish","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yoUc-fh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}