Trisha's Crockpot Macaroni & Cheese {Potluck Sunday}

Today's recipe is perfectly fitting for our Potluck Sunday theme. You can guarantee that when you attend most any church or family potlucks that you will find a big dish of Homemade Macaroni and Cheese gracing the table.

Macaroni and Cheese is one of those dishes that will feed an army and please just about everyone. Today I want to share my girl, Trisha Yearwoods Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese recipe.

This macaroni and cheese dish is very good, very simple, and only requires a handful of ingredients. It does take about 3 hours to cook, so the hardest part of the whole thing is just having a little patience.

I kept finding myself peeking under the lid to check out what was going on LOL. I know not to do that with crock pot recipes, but it's so hard to resist the aroma.

I'm sure I will get slammed by the high calorie and butter police, but that's OK, everything in moderation right? You can pair this dish with a vegetable and salad on the side to help cut down on some of the fat.

Keep in mind that you can always substitute with whole wheat pasta, light cheese, 2% or fat free milk and less butter. I'm not sure what the results would be like by changing up the ingredients, so keep that in mind if you go with a lighter version.

As for me I will make it just as the recipe states and just eat less LOL. Believe me I am not eating homemade macaroni and cheese every week. This recipe is one of those recipes I save for a special occasion, potluck, or holiday get together because this dish is that evil. 

I have added some step by step photos of just how easy this macaroni and cheese is to make. This is a toss everything in the slow cooker kind of recipe. Well, at least that is what I accidentally did. As you can see by the above photo I forgot to pre cook the macaroni before adding it.

For some reason I thought it said un cooked, but I didn't it said cooked. I am happy to say that in the end the macaroni and cheese turned out great even without cooking the macaroni first. If you're looking for a easy dish to take to a get together, I recommend Trisha's Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese.

Trisha's Crock pot Macaroni & Cheese

Ingredients:
8 - ounces elbow macaroni, cooked
1- 12 ounce can evaporated milk
1 1/2 - cups whole milk
2 - large eggs, beaten
1/4 - cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 - teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
2 - 10-ounce bricks sharp Cheddar cheese, grated (about 5 cups)
Dash of paprika

Directions:
In a larger 4 quart crock pot sprayed with cooking spray, mix the macaroni, milk, eggs, butter, salt, pepper, and all but 1/2 cup of the grated cheese.

Sprinkle the reserved cheese on top of the mixture and then sprinkle with paprika. Cook on low for 3 hours and 15 minutes. Turn off the crock pot, stir the mixture and serve.

Note: If you don't have a crock pot , grease a 9 x 13 inch pan with butter, add the mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

My crock pot gets pretty hot, so check your macaroni and cheese after about 2 hours. Mine took a little over 2 hours to cook.

Recipe yields: 12 servings