It’s Christmas season and of course we are watching our favorite Christmas movies every night! Home Alone is tonight’s choice, so I created a dinner inspired by Kevin McCallister’s Christmas Eve meal, macaroni and cheese, in the movie. This Stouffer’s Copycat Mac and Cheese turned out just as creamy and delicious as the frozen microwavable original- maybe even better! Make this comfort food dish tonight and have a Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!

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Home Alone Stouffer's Copycat Macaroni and Cheese

Makes a large 9x13 pan full or approx 6 dinner servings

Ingredients

• 16 oz box Elbow Macaroni Pasta uncooked
• 1/4 cup 1/2 stick butter, unsalted
• 2 cups Cheddar cheese shredded
• 1 cup Gruyere cheese shredded
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 10 oz can condensed cheddar cheese soup
• 2 tsp yellow mustard
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 Cups of Milk

Instructions

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add elbow pasta and cook for 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Add butter to a large skillet and melt over medium heat.
• Stir in soup, mustard, and all seasonings.
• Whisk in shredded cheese, a handful at a time, until smooth.
• Next, stir in sour cream.
• Finally, stir in milk slowly. Whisk until smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in pasta, coating completely.
• Scoop into large bowls, put on the "Home Alone" movie, and sit down and enjoy.

I picked up a microwave Stouffer’s meal similar to what Kevin ate in the movie so I could compare my recipe.

Start by gathering your ingredients. I think the cheese soup, cheddar, sour cream, and mustard (or mustard powder) are a must for this copycat recipe but the addition of gruyere had me on the fence. 

It definitely made it creamier and richer but slightly different. So I’ll leave that as an optional ingredient if you want to change it up!

Add butter to a large skillet and melt over medium heat.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add elbow pasta and cook for 8 minutes. Drain and set aside. 

Stir in soup, mustard, and all seasonings. 

Whisk in shredded cheese, a handful at a time, until smooth.

You can either use all cheddar cheese or substitute 1 cup of shredded gruyere cheese for a richer, nuttier flavor!

Next, stir in sour cream.

Finally, stir in milk slowly. Whisk until smooth. 

Remove from heat and stir in pasta, coating completely. 

We made a container of Stouffers mac too so we can compare.

They were close except the microwave version wasn’t as creamy and the gruyere in my first batch had a richer flavor.

But so, so good!

Creamy, cheesy, and delicious!

Scoop into large bowls, put on the Home Alone movie, and sit down and enjoy.

Also check out this Home Alone Interactive Movie Printable for a fun movie night game!

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