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# 50 foolproof recipes smoky & bold flavor hacks expert mac sauce breakdown The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Simple Recipes from Homeroom, America's Favorite Mac and Cheese Restaurant

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## Summary

> 🧀 Elevate your comfort food game—because basic mac is so last decade!

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- **What is this?** The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Simple Recipes from Homeroom, America's Favorite Mac and Cheese Restaurant
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## Key Features

- • **Trusted & Loved:** 4.7-star rating from 1,455 fans who swear by Homeroom’s iconic comfort food magic.
- • **Pro Tips & Hacks:** Insider secrets on cheese selection, noodle ratios, and flavor boosts for next-level mac.
- • **Beyond Mac & Cheese:** Includes decadent desserts like the best-ever brownies and luscious banana pudding.
- • **Master the Mac Sauce:** Step-by-step sauce recipes that guarantee creamy, crave-worthy results every time.
- • **50 Irresistible Recipes:** From classic to bold twists like green chile bacon, elevate your mac game effortlessly.

## Overview

The Mac + Cheese Cookbook offers 50 simple, expertly crafted recipes from Homeroom, America's favorite mac and cheese restaurant. Featuring detailed mac sauce instructions, creative flavor variations, and indulgent desserts, this cookbook is a must-have for anyone looking to master the ultimate comfort food with professional flair. Highly rated and packed with insider tips, it transforms everyday mac and cheese into a gourmet experience.

## Description

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Review: This book is amazing, and an awesome starting place for a Mac ... - This book is amazing, and an awesome starting place for a Mac and Cheese recipe. My wife and I have a bbq catering company and use this as the basis for our mac and cheese. The mac sauce is the most crucial part to successful mac and cheese, and they break it down perfectly with pictures, step by step instructions and even common mistakes. I have read other reviews where people complain that their mac sauce makes 3 cups, but every recipe in the book calls for 2 cups of mac sauce, so you end up with left overs. We just use all the mac sauce and it is fine, because then you end with more mac and cheese...which is the best result in the world. There are a few things that we change slightly when we cook. First is we use all the mac sauce, that way no left overs. Second, is we add more noodles than they call for. The recipe will say 1/2 pound of noodles, which is 2 cups (and this is for 2 cups mac sauce). I find this to be not enough, so here is the ratio that works perfect for us: 3 Cups mac sauce, 3 cups cheese and 6 cups cooked noodles. Last, the cheese is the most important part of this whole process. We have used everything from super expensive 2 year aged cheddar Tillamook cheese to mild cheddar, and if you are only adding cheese then it makes a difference (although we feel that there is no difference in 12 month aged cheddar vs. 18 or 24 month aged cheddar). With that said, if you start adding things to the mac-like bacon, green chiles, jalapenos or cream cheese-then just use regular sharp cheddar and you wont be able to taste the difference. This is what has worked for us and our mac is pretty bomb now, thanks to this! (By the way, green chile bacon mac is amazing, and sometimes we actually put the finished mac on a smoker and let it get a smoky flavor-holy crap. Its spectacular!) Also, the brownies are the best brownies I have ever eaten and we always thought that Ghiradeli brownies were the gold standard but we were horribly mistaken. The banana pudding is super good too. We love this book
Review: Great Mac and Cheese Book - Very simply full of tons of recipes that look amazing. I have tried about 8 or so and almsot all of them impressed me greatly. I'll change my review if my opinion changes after trying more, like any cookbook not everything sounded good to me, but I was able to get 15 or so recipes out of this thing that I want to try, and if I like those enough who knows I might just continue on and that was well worth the price of admission. My only tip, is if you don't care to make Mac Sauce (I tried it once and messed up and don't really want to do it again for what ended up being milk + flour + salt) replace it with heavy cream, also very rich, and when you're done and the sauce isn't thick enough just simmer it until its the desired consistency (or of course add less heavy cream). And if you decide to skip the mac sauce portion be sure to add the amount of salt they added to it (usually 1 tspn of salt), I made a recipe without and it was far more bland, they're completely right the salt brings out the cheese flavors.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #241,690 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #83 in Cheese & Dairy Cooking #100 in Pasta & Noodle Cooking #1,139 in Quick & Easy Cooking (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,455 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is amazing, and an awesome starting place for a Mac ...
*by J***N on March 24, 2015*

This book is amazing, and an awesome starting place for a Mac and Cheese recipe. My wife and I have a bbq catering company and use this as the basis for our mac and cheese. The mac sauce is the most crucial part to successful mac and cheese, and they break it down perfectly with pictures, step by step instructions and even common mistakes. I have read other reviews where people complain that their mac sauce makes 3 cups, but every recipe in the book calls for 2 cups of mac sauce, so you end up with left overs. We just use all the mac sauce and it is fine, because then you end with more mac and cheese...which is the best result in the world. There are a few things that we change slightly when we cook. First is we use all the mac sauce, that way no left overs. Second, is we add more noodles than they call for. The recipe will say 1/2 pound of noodles, which is 2 cups (and this is for 2 cups mac sauce). I find this to be not enough, so here is the ratio that works perfect for us: 3 Cups mac sauce, 3 cups cheese and 6 cups cooked noodles. Last, the cheese is the most important part of this whole process. We have used everything from super expensive 2 year aged cheddar Tillamook cheese to mild cheddar, and if you are only adding cheese then it makes a difference (although we feel that there is no difference in 12 month aged cheddar vs. 18 or 24 month aged cheddar). With that said, if you start adding things to the mac-like bacon, green chiles, jalapenos or cream cheese-then just use regular sharp cheddar and you wont be able to taste the difference. This is what has worked for us and our mac is pretty bomb now, thanks to this! (By the way, green chile bacon mac is amazing, and sometimes we actually put the finished mac on a smoker and let it get a smoky flavor-holy crap. Its spectacular!) Also, the brownies are the best brownies I have ever eaten and we always thought that Ghiradeli brownies were the gold standard but we were horribly mistaken. The banana pudding is super good too. We love this book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Mac and Cheese Book
*by T***E on June 22, 2022*

Very simply full of tons of recipes that look amazing. I have tried about 8 or so and almsot all of them impressed me greatly. I'll change my review if my opinion changes after trying more, like any cookbook not everything sounded good to me, but I was able to get 15 or so recipes out of this thing that I want to try, and if I like those enough who knows I might just continue on and that was well worth the price of admission. My only tip, is if you don't care to make Mac Sauce (I tried it once and messed up and don't really want to do it again for what ended up being milk + flour + salt) replace it with heavy cream, also very rich, and when you're done and the sauce isn't thick enough just simmer it until its the desired consistency (or of course add less heavy cream). And if you decide to skip the mac sauce portion be sure to add the amount of salt they added to it (usually 1 tspn of salt), I made a recipe without and it was far more bland, they're completely right the salt brings out the cheese flavors.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun! Mac and cheese just got classy!
*by J***O on May 20, 2017*

Super fun book! This is comfort food at its finest! I would go so far as to call it posh or classy mac. They’ve got a recipe for mac sauce at the front that’s used in every recipe. Then they deal with the satisfyingly crunchy topping. Those are both universal recipes used throughout the book. After that they get onto the individual bowls of deliciousness. The chapters are as follows: American Classics, International Relations (mac from around the world), Chemistry (unusual ones), Extra Credit (sides) and Finals (dessert). And they give beer and wine pairings with each mac. Nice. Pictured below: 1) Gilroy Garlic Mac – p 39. Yes! We were lucky enough that the timing of our California road trip coincided with the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The whole town is filled with that intoxicating smell, and this tasted just like it. Awesome. They said this is their best seller, and I totally get why! 2) Jalapeño Popper Mac – p 26. Delicious! I always wanted to have jalapeño poppers for dinner.  3) Smoky Bacon Mac – p 34. This is fantastic! There’s a full quarter pound of smoked bacon and two ounces of smoked cheddar and Monterey jack in each bowl. People were happy. 4) Truffle Mac – p 63. Delicious. It’s filled with shiitake mushrooms and truffled cheese. My three closest grocers didn’t carry truffled gouda. I found both Italian truffle cheese and truffled cheddar at TJs. I tried the Italian truffle cheese and it was awesome. To my surprise, this is my youngest’s favorite so far. 5) Mac Sauce conversion. It makes 3 cups and the recipes all call for 2. I suspect it’s because all of the ingredients are in nice whole numbers if you do 3 cups. You can pull out that extra cup of béchamel for whatever you want, or just go for it, and bring extra saucy mac to smiling people at the table. Here’s a conversion table if you want to change the amount. Use column 1 for 2 cups, column 2 for 2 ½ cups, or the original on the right for 3. We’ve determined that 2 ½ cups is our optimum sauciness level. Some others I have flagged to try are: Vermont White Cheddar Mac – p 31, Macximus (spinach and artichoke) – p 43, Croque Madame Mac (ham, swiss, and eggs) – p 44, Mexican Mac (chipotle and chorizo) – p 48, Deliciousmacken (cheddar, mustard, onions, and pretzels) – p 54, Patatas Bravas Mac (garlicky potatoes and paprika) – p 57, Dungeness Crab Mac – p 65, Mac the Goat – p 67, and Pesto Mac – p 70.

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