Pinconning Cheese is an aged yellow colby-style, semi-soft whole cow's milk cheese

Cheese

Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....

 named for Pinconning, Michigan

Pinconning, Michigan

Pinconning is a city in Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,386 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Bay City, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, USA

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, where it was first produced. It was developed by Dan Horn in 1915 as an aged version of Colby

Colby cheese

-History:Joseph F. Steinwand in 1874 developed a new type of cheese at his father's cheese factory near Colby, Wisconsin. The cheese was named after the village, which had been founded three years earlier....

. Pinconning Cheese is produced at several plants around Michigan and the United States.

Pinconning's flavor and texture are unusual, rich and creamy with an open texture. It is typically eaten instead of Cheddar

Cheddar cheese

Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....

 and Colby, and serves well in macaroni and cheese

Macaroni and cheese

Macaroni and cheese, also known as "mac and cheese", "macaroni cheese" in British English, or "macaroni pie" in Caribbean English, is a casserole consisting of cooked macaroni and cheese sauce...

 or in soufflé

Soufflé

A soufflé is a light baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savoury main dish or sweetened as a dessert...

s. Other products made from Pinconning Cheese are cheese spreads in many flavors.