Take twelve sticks of macaroni broken into one inch lengths, and cook in three pints of boiling salted water twenty minutes; turn into a colander and pour over it cold water; drain, make a sauce of one tablespoonful each of butter and flour, and one and one-half cups of hot milk; salt and pepper to taste; put a layer of grated cheese in the bottom of baking dish, then a layer of sauce, then macaroni, and sauce, cover this with fine breadcrumbs; bake until brown.