Easy Baked Manicotti

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prep:

15 min

total:

55 min

servings

total:

6 servings

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What You Need

cups spaghetti sauce, divided

1-3/4

cups POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese

1-1/2

cups KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1/2

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

egg, beaten

1/4

cup pesto

cooked manicotti shells, rinsed in cold water

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

SPREAD 3/4 cup sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish. Mix cheeses, egg and pesto until blended; spoon into resealable plastic bag. Use scissors to cut small corner from bottom of bag.

FILL manicotti shells by squeezing cheese mixture into both sides of each shell; place in baking dish. Top with remaining sauce; cover.

BAKE 40 min. or until heated through.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Enjoy your favorite foods on occasion, but keep portion size in mind. This recipe makes enough to serve 6.

Substitute

Substitute BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese for the ricotta and/or KRAFT 100% Grated Romano Cheese for the Parmesan.

Variation

If you prefer a more traditional style manicotti, simply omit the pesto.

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becca504

posted:2/17/2006

I stuffed jumbo shells and added ground meat to the sauce as a variation.

a cook

posted:2/16/2006

Fantastic! Very easy and tasted great!

SeiLuna

posted:2/16/2006

This recipe is awesome! It's pretty easy to make and it tastes great. A must-try for any cheese lover.

MILITZA1226

posted:2/14/2006

I HOPE IS RELLEY GOOD

jshamu3

posted:2/12/2006

So easy and really good

moffett5

posted:2/11/2006

It was so easy! I added beef to the spaghetti sauce it was hearty and delicious!

heather10173

posted:2/11/2006

Totally awesome! I added parmesan and romono cheese and I omitted the pesto altogether. Next time I will add some meat. Also since I bought a bag of 2 cups of mozzerella cheese, I added the rest of the cheese on top of the sauce. As my friend Rachael Ray would say, YUM-O!!!!

Cristoval0768

posted:2/10/2006

This is a great Recipe. Everyone enjoyed it and it was fun to make.

jd/shadow

posted:2/9/2006

I enjoyed making this. My family really enjoyed it. I will make this again. Maybe try using different herbs and spices.

mill21

posted:2/9/2006

this was the best manicotti, i had made. my family loved it. and have make it twice, and would make it over and over. thanks for all the good recipes in your book. have make lots of them, and all are very good. thanks mill21