{"id":37503,"date":"2025-07-04T09:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=37503"},"modified":"2025-06-29T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:20:48","slug":"creamy-baked-macaroni-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=37503","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-37504\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese-360x270.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Creamy-Baked-Macaroni-and-Cheese.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/>Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 cups elbow macaroni<\/p>\n<p>2\u00bd cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided<\/p>\n<p>2 cups small curd cottage cheese<\/p>\n<p>1 (8-oz) carton sour cream<\/p>\n<p>1 egg, beaten<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp salt<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp pepper<\/p>\n<p>2 T. butter, cut into small pieces<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Stir together macaroni, 2 cups Cheddar, cottage cheese, sour cream, egg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Spoon into a lightly greased baking dish; dot with butter. Sprinkle with \u00bd cup cheese. Bake, uncovered, 45 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese &nbsp; 2 cups elbow macaroni 2\u00bd cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided 2 cups small curd cottage cheese 1 (8-oz) carton sour cream 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp salt \u00bd tsp pepper 2 T. butter, cut into small pieces &nbsp; Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Stir together macaroni, 2 cups Cheddar, cottage cheese, sour cream, egg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Spoon into a lightly greased baking dish; dot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=37503\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[122,88],"class_list":["post-37503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meat-free","tag-cheese","tag-pasta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37505,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503\/revisions\/37505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}