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Easy Alfredo Sauce

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This Easy Alfredo Sauce is your new go-to creamy, cheesy and buttery pasta sauce when you’re in a hurry!

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Easy Alfredo Sauce

This sauce right here is comfort food at its finest.  When I’m making it, it’s all I can do not to keep tasting it… it’s THAT good.  Not only that, it uses regular milk and cream cheese for that creamy goodness.  There’s nothing but simple everyday ingredients in this recipe which I LOVE.

Easy Alfredo Sauce

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get a SERIOUS craving for creamy, cheesy carbs.  Doesn’t happen way too often but when it does, watch out!  This easy alfredo sauce is my “fix”, especially if I’m pushed for time.

Easy Alfredo Sauce

Oh yeahhhh!  😮

Easy Alfredo Sauce

This recipe yields right at 3 cups of alfredo sauce, so it’s more than enough for a cooked and drained 16-ounce package of your favorite pasta (mine is fettuccine!)

Easy Alfredo Sauce

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Easy Alfredo Sauce

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4.8 from 17 reviews

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 3 cups
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Description

Quick and easy creamy, cheesy Alfredo with cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, butter, milk and seasonings.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 3 teaspoons freshly minced garlic
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and saute (stirring constantly) until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  2. Add cream cheese cubes and Italian seasoning. Stir with a whisk to smooth out large lumps. Slowly pour in milk, about 1/4 cup at a time, while continuing to whisk.
  3. Add Parmesan cheese and pepper. Stir well to combine. Continue to cook and stir for 2-3 minutes, or until sauce reaches desired thickness. Serve and toss with your favorite cooked pasta.

Notes

Adapted from AllRecipes.com

Quick and easy creamy, cheesy Alfredo with cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, butter, milk and seasonings.

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      • Maryann Turk says

        This turned out soooo good. I did not have minced garlic so I added 1heaping teaspoon powdered garlic and half teaspoon of minced dried onion. I added canned chicken and frozen broccoli florets over noodles and it was fantastic. Thank you, this recipe is a keeper.

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  2. Tracy says

    Yum!
    Will definitely save this recipe in my favorites!
    I only had half of a package of light cream cheese on hand, and the sauce still turned out really well.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Renee Anne says

    Either the recipe was not that good, or i did something wrong but i followed everything perfect, it looked perfect,and it smelled perfect but taste. none. just milk. bland milk. any tips?

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    • Amy @ The Blond Cook says

      Hi Renee, sorry for the delay in responding, I’ve been moving the past several days. Since I didn’t see how you made it, I can’t say. I don’t have any recommendations because it’s always came out flavorful for me and I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback from others as well. The only thing I might be able to recommend is to add more seasonings to suit your taste?

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  7. Ben says

    You didn’t specify which type of Parmesan cheese to use. Is the stuff in the Shaker jar fine? Or do I need the expensive Parmigiano-Reggiano wedges? Most recipes specify the freshly ground stuff but I’d love to use the shaker cheese if it will melt and taste right.

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  8. Mimi says

    I made this alfredo and added a whole chicken removed from the bones, steamed broccoli and saute’d mushrooms to it over penne. Thank yoouuuuu> I t was some kind of good.

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    • Amy @ The Blond Cook says

      Hi Emma, I’ve always used this immediately and never stored it in a jar, so I can’t say for sure. So sorry I can’t be of more help! I do know when re-heating the Alfredo pasta the next day, I need to add a little milk because it thickens as it refrigerates, so please keep that in mind. I hope you enjoy! 🙂

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    • Alexis says

      I’ve also had leftover sauce and, yes, it is quite thick the next day, but heating it up, makes it perfect 🙂 Great recipe. Thank you!

      ★★★★★

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  10. Laura Vega says

    This sauce is delicious and very easy to make.. ‘I just reduced the butter to half , minced only one garlic clove and used all organic and lactose free ingredients.. it was a hit with my family! Thank you Amy!

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  11. Maggie says

    Wow !! Made this sauce today and like Laura Vega I halved the amount of butter. I ‘m not keen on gartlic so added half a finely diced small onion and about 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder. I sautéed some fresh spinach, chopped and added to the sauce. I used a combination of grated parmesan from a jar along with along with shaved ,fresh parmesan. Wonderful, like you I couldn’t stop ” tasting it !! Great recipe, thanks so much

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  12. Luke says

    Wow! I did lobster fettuccine with this sauce and I must say only one thing… stunning. Thank you!

    ★★★★★

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    • Amy @ The Blond Cook says

      Hey Bett, I’ve never doubled this recipe but I think it would be fine… let me know how it turns out for you and hope you enjoy it! 🙂

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  15. Sabrina says

    I made this last night, but didn’t have whole garlic so I substituted garlic powder, and I didn’t have regular cream cheese, so I substituted a 7.5 oz tub of Chive and Onion cream cheese. (Seems that I wasn’t fully prepared to make alfredo, but I REALLY had a craving)! Added chicken and served on a bed of bowtie pasta. It was amazing and just what I was craving!!

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  16. Kathy says

    First attempt at home made Alfredo! So easy and delicious! I don’t know why I waited so long! Thanks….

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  17. Courtney says

    I made this tonight and it was great! I only had salted butter, so I cut out about 1/4-1/3 c of the Parmesan. I also used 2% milk. It was absolutely delicious!! Will be our go-to. Definitely not lacking in flavor.

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  19. Helen says

    Thanks so much for posting this recipe. The original recipe I was going to follow called for heavy whipping cream and I forgot to buy it but I also didn’t wanna have that in my recipe. Upon coming home I needed to find a better recipe and stumbled across yours! Luckily I had bought everything else in your recipe. Going to make a broccoli chicken Alfredo lasagna with this awesome sauce tonight. 🙂

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    • Amy @ The Blond Cook says

      That sounds delicious, Helen! So happy it worked out you had all of the ingredients to make it. Thank you! 🙂

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  20. Ashley says

    I am making this again tonight with both chicken and shrimp. Made it once before with just chicken and it was amazing! The change I made was I had a packet of Italian dressing seasoning mix on hand and used that instead of the italian seasoning. And I also added maybe an extra half of cup of milk. It wasn’t too salt for us and my hole family loved it, even my 3 kids! I always have this stuff on hand, never buying jar sauce again! Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe !

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  23. Robyn M says

    I made this tonight after googling Alfredo recipe using milk. I had all ingredients on hand including cream cheese. It turned out so good! I highly recommend using good cheese. I used shredded locatelli pecorino Romano. It gives the recipe the extra salty flavor it needs. My kids loved it with cheese tortellini! Very filling!!

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  24. Mayda Russell says

    Had a crave! Big time! And this was absolutely perfect. Added chunks of chicken, smothered it with mozzarella and baked it until golden and bubbly…Thank you

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  26. Janet says

    Red alert! The pasta water is already boiling and now I discover that the refrigerated Alfredo sauce I purchased is bad. Oh my! I search google for a fast, easy answer to my dilemma that A. I have the ingredients for and B. My limited cooking skills can master. Thank goodness there is cream cheese in the fridge (with only 1 bagels worth missing). This sauce came together beautifully. I used chunky garlic in a tube (found in produce section of the market so it counts) Kraft parm from the green canister with some shredded parm left over from making a Caesar salad the day before. This was seriously a Hail Mary and it was awesome. Next time I make this sauce, and there will be many future times, I’ll have the actual, full ingredient list purchased with the sauce in mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you for saving dinner.

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  27. Giana Gordon says

    I love the taste of the recipe but I had issues with how oily and clumpy my came out theres no Large clumps but it had no sauce likeness. I don’t know what I did wrong or if the cream cheese I used wasn’t The right kind but either way it came out pretty good.

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  28. Sasha says

    I followed directions exactly..was flavorful but a bit runny and really grainy..I added a little flour to thicken but the grainy stayed

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  29. Daja Clayton says

    Loved this recipe!! I had nothing to make Alfredo in my house, except these ingredients. I loved the taste and I added shrimp as Well. One thing I would say is that the sauce was a little thick but I think it was because I had more noodles than sauce. All in all it was a great meal.

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