Trisha Yearwood's Crock Pot Mac & Cheese

When I first found out Trisha Yearwood was going to have her own cooking show I was so excited and immediately set my TiVo to record every episode.  I have tried a few of her recipes - one of my faves being her Hot Corn Dip and they are all good !

I love macaroni and cheese and I like easy crock pot cooking so thought I would give this a try.

Trish Yearwood's Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese

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

Directions

First - grate your cheese - I decided to use one brick of mild and one brick of sharp - whoo hoo, good arm exercise and boy is that a lot of cheese

Spray crockpot with non-stick cooking spray (like Pam), mix the macaroni, evaporated milk, milk, butter, salt, pepper, eggs and all but 1/2 cup of the grated cheese. Sprinkle the reserved cheese over the top of the mixture and then sprinkle with paprika.

Notice that it didn't say to pre-cook the macaroni so I didn't and it all was done and tender when I took it out.  However, when I watched her cooking show, she pre-cooked it and added it - I might try that next time but it cooked just fine adding in dried pasta.

Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours and 15 minutes. Turn off the crockpot, stir the mixture and serve hot. 

The finished dish was not as thick as I like mac and cheese to be.....If I make this again, I will leave out half of the milk, I would add a little bit of dry mustard and I would use all sharp cheddar.