Cheesy Brown Butter Halloween Mac & Cheese
With fun Halloween shapes and a cheesy, buttery flavor, this Mac & Cheese pleases the entire family.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 17.6 to 18 ounce package of Halloween pasta
- 24 ounces Velveeta cheese, cubed
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks), melted and divided
- 1 cup milk
- Non-stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Grease a 9″ x 13″ baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Boil Halloween pasta per package instructions, drain and pour drained pasta into prepared baking dish (about 7 minutes).
- In a 2-quart sauce pan, melt 3/4 cup butter (1 and 1/2 sticks) over medium-low heat until golden brown, swirling pan occasionally so as not to burn butter (about 5 minutes).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add milk and cubed Velveeta to melted brown butter in saucepan and stir to combine.
- Reduce heat to low and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until Velveeta is thoroughly melted and the sauce is creamy (about 8 minutes).
- Pour sauce over Halloween pasta.
- Sprinkle Panko bread crumbs over cheesy pasta mixture.
- Melt remaining 1/4 cup of butter (1/2 stick) in a glass measuring cup with a pour spout.
- Drizzle melted butter over Panko bread crumbs.
- Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes until pasta is bubbly and topping is golden brown.
- If Panko topping does not brown, place under broiler 1 minute until topping is golden brown.
Notes
If placing under broiler to finish browning the topping, be sure to watch carefully. I did this with the oven door open so as not to burn the topping.
