good old fashioned mac and cheese with evaporated milk

Spray a 3-quart 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray.

Combine evaporated milk, eggs, salt, pepper, mustard powder and cayenne pepper in a large bowl and mix thoroughly (make sure the eggs are well combined into the mixture).

While noodles are cooking, shred cheese, reserving two cups of cheese for the top layer.

Cook noodles in liberally salted water one minute less than the package instructions for al dente preparation.

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Good old fashioned mac and cheese with evaporated milk