I hate to be the first reviewer and give this such a poor rating, but this particular recipe was just not a good match for me or my family. We did not care for the sweetend condensed milk in this, as it gave it a very sweet flavor that was overpowering for us. For those that like a sweeter mac n cheese, this would be a good recipe to try. Thanks for sharing, garlic_in_a_windmill!
My husband and I absolutely loved this recipe. The dish does have a sweet taste but that is what makes it unique from all other mac & cheese recipes. The only thing I would do differently is use a little less butter. My husband wants me try it again but next time using a four cheese blend with some pepper jack. We are definitely adding this to our family recipe book.
Great southern recipe! Didn't use sweet condensed milk but otherwise great!
it smelt lovlely when it was cooking, unfortunately the whole lot was far too sweet, sickly sweet if I'm honist.
Was amazing without the condensed milk though. This was my first homemade Mac and cheese recipe and I didn't have the condensed milk and it came out amazing!
I didn't have evaporated milk only sweetened. I searched the web to see if there was a recipe that used sweetened with good result. This one was iffy, so I used HALF of the sweetened condensed milk and added regular milk and doubled the amount of macaroni. At dinner, people STILL said it was too sweet. NO ONE liked it. Looked at the can. 220 grams of sugar. OVER ONE CUP. So I put a little over a half a cup in my mac and cheese.
The good reviews where people made half the macaroni and twice the sugar...I think they threw it out to and didn't want to admit it was too sweet.
Dinner ruined. Threw out what wasn't eaten.Please do us all a favor and remove this recipe. Oh, and people, do us a favor...if you leave out an ingredient and it comes out good make your own recipe, don't give 5 stars to the one that had all the sugar.
Skip the condensed milk, it doesn't need it. I used sharp shredded cheese and it turned out good. Next time, I'm going to be a little heavier handed with the cheese on each of the layers. That being said, this recipe is an absolute winner.
Way to sweet. Didn't taste anything like mac n cheese. I only used about 1lb of cheese which was plenty. I won't be making this again.
This is nothing but traditional soul food mac and cheese. Where this recipe is different
- you must swap out the sweetened condensed milk and use evaporated milk (sweetened milk has no place in mac n cheese (of course just my opinion)
-No bread crumbs
-Lots of cheese and don't be afraid to use other types of cheese
-you can add a little pepper and garlic powder.
