Baked maccaroni and cheese with BACON!!!!

Hello my lovelies!

Now that the weather took a turn for the cold, my roomie Becca and I are more drawn towards comfort foods. One of which is baked macaroni and cheese. And then when you add bacon.....whew!!! That's  enough to keep us nice and toasty as well as full all week long. (Obviously you don't need bacon in order to enjoy the deliciousness of this meal.)

Baked Bacon Mac and Cheese

1/2 cup of butter

1/4 cup of flour

4 cups of milk

1 cup of grated cheddar cheese

1 cup of grated colby cheese

1 cup of grated colby jack cheese

1 cup of muenster cheese

8 strips of bacon, cooked and crumbled

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1/4 tsp pepper

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 pkg of mini or medium sized pasta shells or elbow macaroni (I like using Pipette pasta)

1 cup bread crumbs

1. Turn on oven to 375 degrees. 
   
2. Cook pasta as directed on pkg, drain, and put aside.
   
3. Melt the butter in a large saucepan on simmer. 
4. Blend in flour.
5. Gradually whisk in the milk. Continue to stir consistently.
6. While stirring add salt, dry mustard, pepper, and worcestershire sauce.
   
7. Add half of all the cheeses (cheddar, colby, colby jack and muenster) into the sauce.
8. Setting aside 1/2 a cup of bacon, add crumbled bacon into cheese sauce. 
   
9. Add cooked pasta into cheese sauce. Mix well. Take off heat.
   
10. Turn the mixture into a 9x12 inch baking pan.
11. Sprinkle top with the rest of the cheese, bacon, and sprinkle bread crumbs evenly on top of the macaroni.
12. Place in the oven for 15 mins.  (if you want the cheese to be a little crispy, place under the broiler until the cheese is bubbly)
    
13. Remove from oven and let it cool for 10 mins.

Enjoy!