Southwestern Mac n’ Cheese Cornbread Bowls
CORN BREAD BISCUIT BOWL
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1 ¾ cup flour
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½ cup cornmeal
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2 teaspoon baking powder
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¼ tsp baking soda
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½ tsp salt
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2 tbsp sugar
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¼ cup butter, cold, finely sliced
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1 cup milk
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1 Cupcake tray, with cupcake liners
MACARONI & CHEESE
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1 cup elbow macaroni
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¼ teaspoon salt
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1 ½ tablespoons butter
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1 ½ tablespoons flouR
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½ cup milk
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¼ cup shredded pepperjack
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¼ cup Mexican 4 cheese blend
BREADCRUMBS
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2 tbsp butter, melted
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¼ cup scooped cornbread crumbs
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1 tablespoon bread crumbs
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¼ teaspoon sriracha
FOR THE CORNBREAD BISCUIT BOWL:
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Preheat the oven to 400F.
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In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients (flour, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, sugar).
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Gradually mix in the butter, making sure it is cold and finely sliced. Use your fingers to press the butter into the dry mixture.
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Once the butter has been evenly spread with the cornbread mixture, begin to add milk to the mix.
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Knead the dough until the milk and butter have been completely mixed into dry ingredients.
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Pull out about 1-inch balls from the dough.
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Line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners
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Press the dough balls into the center of the cupcake liners and spread them out flat to fill the liners
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Place the tray into the oven and bake for 10 minutes, until the edges are slightly golden brown.
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Using a spoon, scoop out the center of each biscuit.
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Line the base of the bowls with shredded Mexican 4 cheese blend.
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Make the breadcrumbs and macaroni and cheese, following the instructions below. Mix the breadcrumbs with the noodles.
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Spoon the macaroni into the biscuit bowls.
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Top off the bowls with more cheese and Sriracha drizzle if you want some spice.
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Bake the bowls for 3 minutes to melt that cheeeeeeeeeeese.
FOR THE MACARONI & CHEESE:
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In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and add the macaroni, cooking the noodles for roughly 10 minutes.
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Once the macaroni has cooked, add the butter, salt, flour, milk and cheese to the macaroni. If you like your macaroni extra cheesy, just add more cheese.
FOR THE BREADCRUMBS:
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Melt butter in a saucepan.
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Take ¼ cup scooped cornbread biscuit crumbs, 1 tablespoon of breadcrumbs and a teaspoon of sriracha and stir into the melted butter.
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Stir all the breadcrumbs into the Mac n cheese.