Better Baked Ziti

By dpearce

Baked ziti is a favorite Italian pasta dish, and our Better Baked Ziti is so convenient to make, you can easily turn out a restaurant-style baked pasta dish even on a busy weeknight. Now isn't that better than a high-priced restaurant tab?

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ziti
• 1 (15-ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 3 cups (12 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 3 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from mrfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook ziti until just barely tender; drain and place in a large bowl.

Mix ricotta cheese and half the mozzarella cheese with the ziti. Cover bottom of prepared pan with half the spaghetti sauce. Spoon ziti mixture into pan; cover with remaining spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.

Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until cheese melts and is light golden brown.

Any pasta you desire may be substituted for the ziti.