Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole

Description

You probably have everything you need to make this pasta dish in your pantry right now. This can be made ahead of time and baked when you are ready. I love these kind of dishes. The pasta was really creamy and wonderful!

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) package spaghetti
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 pinch garlic salt
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
  2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water
  3. stirring occasionally
  4. until tender yet firm to the bite
  5. about 12 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile
  7. heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  8. 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce.
  9. Drain spaghetti and place in a bowl. Add cream cheese
  10. garlic
  11. Italian seasoning
  12. and garlic salt. Stir until cream cheese is melted and spaghetti is thoroughly coated. Spread a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking pan; put spaghetti on top and top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses on top.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly
  14. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Servings: 12

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