Best 4 Cream Cheese Pasta Bake Recipes

BAKED CREAM CHEESE SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce.
• Drain spaghetti and place in a bowl. Add cream cheese, garlic, Italian seasoning, 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.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 30 minutes.

CREAMY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt. Remove from pan; drain. Meanwhile, add marinara sauce, tomatoes and cream cheese to same pan; cook on medium heat 5 min. or until cream cheese is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently. Return pasta to pan; mix well.
• Layer half the pasta mixture in 13x9-inch baking dish; cover with layers of sour cream, 1 cup mozzarella and remaining pasta mixture. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

CREAM CHEESE PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook pasta according to directions on the box, set aside.
• Brown the ground beef, onion, and garlic until cooked through.
• In a bowl, combine 8 ounces softened cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream, and one egg. Blend thoroughly.
• Add spaghetti sauce to the cheese mixture. Blend thoroughly.
• Add one cup shredded Italian cheese. Mix together.
• In a casserole dish, combine 13.25 oz (one box) whole wheat rotini, ground beef mixture, and sauce blend.
• Top with remaining 1/2 cup Italian Cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 25-35 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly.

ONE-PAN BAKED CREAM CHEESE PASTA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Combine tomatoes, garlic, dry seasonings and 2 Tbsp. dressing in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Place block of cream cheese in center of tomato mixture.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until tomatoes are tender, stirring after 20 min.
• Add pasta, boiling water and remaining dressing to ingredients in baking dish. Use back of spatula to gently press pasta into boiling water so most the pasta is covered with water. Cover with foil.
• Bake 20 min. Remove baking dish from oven. Stir ingredients in baking dish; cover. Let stand 5 min.
• Sprinkle with parsley before serving.