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Avocado and Bacon Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

Ingredients

  • ½ pound cooked cherry wood smoked bacon
  • 1 large avocado
  • 1½ cups uncooked elbow macaroni
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 cups Kraft Cheddar Pepper Jack Finely Shredded Cheese
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • ½ sleeve of butter crackers such as Ritz

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. First cook your bacon. I cooked it in my cast iron skillet.
  3. Cook your elbow macaroni.
  4. While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour and salt. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted.
  5. Once cheese is melted, put avocado and cheese into stand mixer and combine until smooth. Add crumbled bacon to cheese.
  6. Drain macaroni. Gently stir macaroni into cheese sauce.
  7. Spoon into ungreased baking dish.
  8. Combine melted butter and crushed butter crackers.
  9. Top macaroni and cheese with buttered crackers.
  10. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.