Mac 'n Cheese Bites

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup cooked macaroni
• 2 slices American cheese , diced
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 16 thins pretzel crackers , such as Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®
• 1 precooked smoked sausage , 4 ounce
• ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add macaroni and American cheese; stir until cheese is mostly melted, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low; mix in milk.

2. 2

   Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven on the low broil setting. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

3. 3

   Spread pretzels crackers on the prepared baking sheet; top each with a slice of sausage. Spoon 1 tablespoon macaroni and cheese mixture over sausage. Sprinkle black pepper on top.

4. 4

   Bake under the preheated broiler until American cheese and pretzels start to brown, 1 to 2 minutes.