Better Baked Ziti

By carvalhohm

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 8
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.
Notes

The hearty-style prepared spaghetti sauces are especially good with this, and when you don't have ziti on hand, it's fine to simply substitute other shapes.