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I assumed a basic pantry for my other ingredients
The reason I made the distinction there is because I can totally accept macaroni noodles as a basic pantry item. But I was thinking make the pasta because you have the flour. I can see the confusion here. You're going to take pre-made elbows and use the flour for the cheese roux. I get it. I just wasn't seeing it at the time.
By the way, I have elbow macaroni in my pantry right now. About 2 lb worth. They are sealed up in mason jars to prevent the pantry moths from getting in.
I have never made pasta before and while I want to give it a go, I don't think I'd start just for mac and cheese.
If you have a pasta roller, it's a snap! 400g flour, 4 eggs, little oil, little salt. Form into a dough, it takes a while to come together. It's a difficult dough to work. A mixer can help. 8 minutes or so of kneading. Rest the dough an hour, roll out into sheets, and then either use the noodle attachment or cut it into noodles by hand. It honestly only takes like 15 minutes of actual hands on effort and 90 minutes of total time.
My wife has made spaetzle from scratch before. It might be one of the easiest pastas to form - just squeeze the dough through a coarse strainer for finer pieces or out of a piping bag for more coarse pieces. And a disposable plastic bag with a corner cut off works as a piping bag. I think a nice cheese sauce would work perfectly.
Just scratch made mac and cheese.