Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Award-winning Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nikki's bacon mac n cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese:

1. Prepare 1 lb cooked (al dente) penne pasta
2. Get 2 9 oz pouches Pregresso Recipe Starters 3 cheese cooking sauce
3. Make ready 1/4 cup light cream
4. Make ready 1/2 cup milk (or just use 3/4 cup if you dont have cream)
5. Take 4 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
6. Prepare 8 slice american cheese
7. Prepare 8 slice cooked and crumbled crispy bacon
8. Make ready 2 tbsp yellow mustard
9. Get 1 dash white pepper
10. Get 1/2 cup italian panko bread crumbs with cheese (or just mix plain panko with italian bread crumbs)

Steps to make Nikki's Bacon Mac n Cheese:

1. preheat oven to 400, spray 3 quart casserole with cooking spray.
2. in a 3 quart saucepan, heat cheese sauce, milk, and cream to boiling. stir. remove from heat and stir in mustard, american cheese, 2 cups cheddar, and pepper. stir until cheeses are melted. add pasta and half the bacon, mix well.
3. spoon pasta mix into casserole, top with remaining cheddar. bake uncovered about 15 minutes and cheese is bubbly.
4. sprinkle with bread crumbs and cook an additional 5 minutes. enjoy! **note: measurements for cheddar and bacon are suggestions based on what i use, feel free to add more if you prefer! :-P

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