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Luby’s Cafeteria Macaroni and Cheese

If you like your Macaroni and Cheese, don’t miss this one! Luby’s Macaroni and Cheese is so much better than the stuff that comes in the blue box.
Luby’s Macaroni and Cheese is one of their dishes that is always on their menu. But if you can’t go to Luby’s, you can still make Luby’s Macaroni and Cheese just like they do.

Luby's Macaroni and Cheese

Luby’s Macaroni and Cheese

Luby's Cafeteria Macaroni and Cheese

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  • Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes, Pasta Recipes, Side Dish Recipes
  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Serves: 8
Luby's Cafeteria Macaroni and Cheese

Everyone loves Macaroni and cheese this recipe is really yummy!

Ingredients

  • 16 oz. dry elbow macaroni
  • 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 1 and 1/4 cups boiling water
  • 3 cups (12 ounces) grated American cheese, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain and set aside. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix dry milk, flour and butter. Gradually add boiling water, beating constantly. Add 1 cup of cheese and continue beating until smooth and creamy. Stir in macaroni, one more cup of cheese and salt. Transfer to lightly greased 2-quart baking dish. Cover with foil.

Bake 25 minutes. Remove foil. Sprinkle with remaining cup of cheese. Continue baking 1 minute, or until cheese melts.

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  • dk

    Every other Luby’s macaroni and cheese recipe online says 8 oz dry with the same other ingredient measurements. Eight oz dry has come out right the two times I’ve made it. Easier to follow recipe if you state the dry measurement instead.

    • http://www.copykat.com Stephanie

      I think everyone else copied my recipe. Depending upon the size of pasta, it measures out differently. 1 cup of orzo is going to cook up differently than say one cup of penne.

  • Gfsark

    is this 16 ounces by weight or 16 ounces as in two cups?

    • Anonymous

      16 ounces by weight.

      • John

        16 ounces by weight does not make sense. An ounce is a measure of volume – not weight. 16 ounces of one substance may weigh differently than 16 ounces of another substance.

        16 ounces and 2 cups are exactly equivalent. You can have 16 ounces (2 cups) of feathers of 16 ounces (2 cups) of lead. It’s simply a measure of volume.

        GFsark’s question was equally nonsensical because, again, 16 ounces “by weight” makes no sense at all.

        • Joeb1232

          Ounces are also a measure of weight. 16 ounces = 1 pound

  • Liz Nelson

    I love Luby’s Mac and cheese I never would have thought they used Nonfat Dry Milk in it.