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Cheese Puffs Mac ’N’ Cheeseballs
Cheese Puffs Mac ’N’ Cheeseballs. Made with cheese, cream cheese and cheddar. Get ingredient amounts and step-by-step instructions.
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Ingredients at original yield
- 12 ounces cheese puffs
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 8-ounce block cream cheese
- 1 pound box of elbow macaroni, cooked
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 3 eggs, beaten
- Oil, for frying
- Salt, to taste
How to make Cheese Puffs Mac ’N’ Cheeseballs
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- 01
Crush cheese puffs into a fine powder and set aside.
- 02
In a saucepan over medium heat, add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add milk, cheddar, mozzarella, and cream cheese. Whisk until all the cheese has melted and sauce is smooth.
- 03
Pour cheese sauce over cooked pasta–stirring to ensure thorough coverage of the noodles. Cover and refrigerate the cheese-coated pasta for at least 2 hours–allowing for it to cool completely and for the cheese sauce to bind the pasta together. This recipe also works well with leftover mac ‘n’ cheese.
- 04
Using your hands, take the chilled mac ‘n’ cheese and form it into 1-inch balls.
- 05
Dredge the balls in flour, followed by egg before finally coating them in the powdered cheese puffs.
- 06
Heat the oil to 350˚F (180˚C) and fry the mac ‘n’ cheese balls until the outside is crispy, about 2 minutes. Once done frying, transfer to a wire rack to drain. Lightly sprinkle with salt before serving.
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