Baked Spaghetti

Baked Spaghetti

from dinnerthendessert.com
70 min
8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound spaghetti
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 yellow onion (, chopped)
  • 4 cups Marinara Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (, melted)
  • 2 cups cottage cheese (, divided)
  • 4 cups mozzarella cheese (, shredded and divided)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 9x13 baking dish with vegetable oil spray.

  2. 2

    Cook pasta 2 minutes shy of the directions.

  3. 3

    Add meat and onions to a large skillet on medium-high heat and brown while breaking it apart until fully cooked, about 5-6 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add in the Marinara Sauce and mix well.

  5. 5

    Toss the noodles in the salt, eggs and butter.

  6. 6

    Put half the pasta in the bottom of the baking dish, then add half the cottage cheese, half the meat sauce and half the mozzarella.

  7. 7

    Top with the rest of the noodles, the rest of the cottage cheese, meat sauce and mozzarella.

  8. 8

    Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake an additional 15 minutes or until the cheese on top is crispy and golden brown.