This Three Cheese Bacon Mac and Cheese is loaded up with crispy baked bacon and three different kinds of cheese – Parmesan, Mozzarella, and Cheddar Cheese – it’s to die for!
If you’re a big Macaroni and Cheese you might also enjoy my Creamy Stovetop Mac and Cheese and my Crock Pot Mac and Cheese!
I’m a sucker for Mac and Cheese. It’s kinda the ultimate comfort food, am I right? Now when I say that this Three Cheese Bacon Mac and Cheese recipe is to die for, I mean that pretty literally.
I’m pretty sure I can actually feel it clogging my arteries as I eat it, but it’s just so good I can’t help myself.
I mean bacon, pasta, and cheese… it’s like the perfect combo! So if in the end, it’s the Mac and Cheese that gets me, well, at least it was something I enjoyed.
But I’d die 1,000,000,000 times happier if I got to follow it up with Banoffee Pie before meeting my fate. After all, I am a dessert kinda girl!
This recipe was actually inspired by Longhorn’s Steakhouse Bacon Mac and Cheese! I have to get it every time we go there and decided that I really needed to make a copycat recipe at home.
I might be being a little biased, but I think I nailed it!
How To Make Bacon Mac and Cheese:
This delicious comfort food recipe is really simple to make and you can even cook your bacon up ahead of time to make it even quicker!
We usually cook up a whole pound of bacon and enjoy some for breakfast and add the rest to this mac and cheese for dinner!
- Begin by preheating the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place two cooling racks on top of a jelly pan and lay the bacon out on it, the bacon can be touching to start, it will shrink up during cooking, and bake bacon for 15 – 18 minutes. Once bacon finishes cooking, remove bacon from pan and transport it to a paper towel-lined plate to rest.
- Turn oven down to 350 degrees F.
- Bring water to a boil in a large pan, making sure to salt it. Once boiling, add in pasta and cook until Al dente.
- While pasta and bacon are cooking, add butter and heavy cream to a medium saucepan. Melt butter and whisk in flour and seasonings and simmer for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.
- Whisk in 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese and the other shredded cheeses one at a time until completely melted. Continue to simmer for a couple minutes, stirring frequently. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.
- After draining, put cooked macaroni pasta back in the pan and then pour cheese sauce over it.
- Chop up bacon and transfer to the pan and stir it in and transfer mac n cheese to a medium-sized baking dish.
- Add breadcrumbs and 2 tablespoons of butter to a medium skillet and toast until breadcrumbs are golden brown. Remove from heat and add the Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top of the mac and cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes and enjoy warm.
Even with poor quality photos, this recipe has always been popular and I hope you’ll all give it a try and enjoy it as much as we do!
It’s the perfect comfort food and great for snowy days trapped inside! If you want a leaner cozy recipe, try my Healthy and Easy Turkey Chili. Don’t forget to pin this recipe for later!
More Delicious Comfort Food Recipes
- Best Ever Meatloaf – You’ll love the secret ingredient!
- Chicken and Rice Casserole – This only requires one dish to make it!
- Chicken Tetrazzini – One of my husband’s favorite dinners!
- Cheesy Corn Casserole – Always a hit at Thanksgiving!
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This post was originally published March 20, 2013.
Three Cheese Bacon Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
Pasta:
- 8 strips thick-cut bacon cooked and chopped
- 16 ounces Cavatappi pasta
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
Topping:
- 1/2-3/4 cup Parmesan Bread Crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place two cooling racks on top of a jelly pan and lay the bacon out on it, the bacon can be touching to start, it will shrink up during cooking, and bake bacon for 15 – 18 minutes. Once bacon finishes cooking, transport it to a paper towel-lined plate to rest.
- Turn oven down to 350 degrees F.
- Bring water to a boil in a large pan, making sure to salt it. Once boiling, add in pasta and cook until Al dente.
- While pasta and bacon are cooking, add butter and heavy cream to a medium saucepan. Once butter has melted, whisk in flour and seasonings and allow to simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Whisk in 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese and the other cheeses one at a time until completely melted, continue to simmer for a couple minutes, stirring occasionally. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.
- Once pasta had finished cooking and has been drained, put it back in the pan and then pour cheese sauce over it.
- Chop up bacon and transfer to the pan and stir it in and transfer mac n cheese to a medium-sized casserole dish.
- Add breadcrumbs and 2 tablespoons of butter to a medium skillet and toast until breadcrumbs are golden brown. Remove from heat and add the Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top of the mac and cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes and enjoy warm.
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