Panera Bread Mac and Cheese Copycat

Once again this is a simple dish that does not need much skill. Also, this recipe uses only one pan so clean up is extremely easy! This is a great dish to impress somebody or to say that, "I can copy the mac and cheese from Panera Bread". Most people enjoy a smooth mac and cheese, especially young kids. Even though the recipe calls you to be stirring for 20 minutes, the outcome it too good to be true.
Ingredients: 

• 2 cups medium uncooked shell pasta
• 2 and 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dijon mustard 
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup grated extra sharp white cheddar (4 ounces) 

Steps: 

1. Rinse uncooked pasta under cold water
2. in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine milk, pasta, salt, mustard, and butter
3. stir frequently and bring to a simmer
4. reduce heat to low
5. stir frequently (almost continually) for 15-20 minutes while pasta cooks and milk is absorbed
6. remove from heat
7. stir in cheese and cover for 5 min
8. Enjoy immediately because cheese gets grainy and hard if cold

I have made this dish so many times; I have lost count. In the beginning, a lot of it was trial and error, but now it is easy as the alphabet. Seeing the look on other peoples' faces when they ate this, they thought I went to Panera and bought this because both taste exactly the same. For my friend that loves it so much, she said that my mac and cheese was better than the one she had gotten from Panera! So this gave me the greatest feeling that I have hit the biggest homerun.