Creamy Baked Ziti

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Creamy is the key word here, as sour cream and cream cheese take a tomato, marinara and ziti casserole to a whole new level of pasta deliciousness.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

40 min

servings

total:

8 servings

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What You Need

cups ziti pasta, uncooked

jar (24 oz.) marinara sauce

can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained

oz. (3/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed

3/4

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese with a TOUCH OF PHILADELPHIA

1/3

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

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.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Make Ahead

This tasty pasta dish can be assembled ahead of time. Refrigerate up to 8 hours. When ready to serve, bake, uncovered, 30 to 35 min. or until heated through.

Size-Wise

Enjoy your favorite foods while keeping portion size in mind.

Substitute

Prepare using regular KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese.

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scushing

posted:1/15/2012

i have a family of five and we rarely agree on food but this dish got a thumbs up from everyone. the creaminess makes it different and delicious.

Loves2Cook26

posted:1/8/2012

It was delicious and iadd sum hamburger meat the second time i made it and my family lovedit

a cook

posted:1/6/2012

I made this for my husband,who orders baked ziti everytime we go to our favorite resturant and he loved it! It was so easy to make, I put it together in minutes. It's very, very good.

Katscan00

posted:1/1/2012

Made it 3 times now, everyone loves it. Probably the best ziti recipe I've come across. The first time I added ground beef. The next time I used a mixture of ground beef and ground Italian Suasage.

Rachelle Power

posted:12/17/2011

Add hot sausage. Incredible!

coopfamfour

posted:12/15/2011

Very simple...as suggested by most I added ground beef and a little extra sauce. My daughter who hates pasta loved this recipe!

dmkinsey

posted:12/6/2011

This was very good and easy to make. Instead of the marinara sauce the recipe called for, I substituted some leftover meat sauce I had and added a can of tomato sauce. My family liked it a lot!

Jacqueline6110924

posted:12/2/2011

The recipe was very tasty. It could have used more seasonings for flavor. It was a bit flat. Next time I'll add seasonings and perhaps ground sausage or beef.

blazinginny

posted:11/30/2011

I really liked this. It was easy to make and was tasty. It is an easy recipe to add veggies or meat to.

leah2489

posted:11/30/2011

Very good, and easy to make. Next time I probably won't use the sour cream, as it was a little over-powering.