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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a cook

posted:11/30/2010

My family and I agreed, this recipe was very good, but not fabulous like some of the other Kraft vegetarian recipes we've tried. It was a lovely, quick weeknight meal. Next time I might use a bit less sour cream, or even omit it all together. Sour cream didnt seem necessary to this receipe and adds fat. Like some of the others, I didnt use diced tomatoes but did use chunky sauce, and it was great. This recipe is definitely a YES for an easy, comfort food type of meal.

a cook

posted:11/23/2010

Pasta was definitely creamy. I would leave the sour cream out and use less cream cheese. But it wasn't a dish my family went crazy over. Most likely will not make again.

a cook

posted:11/22/2010

I used rigatoni instead of ziti becasue I couldn't find ziti at the store. This was fast and easy to put together. I didn't care for the taste of the dish - but my 3.5 yr old and husband really liked it. It makes a lot of pasta.

mommatman

posted:11/20/2010

I love this recipe. When it's just me and my son, I can easily freeze left-overs.

amykrst

posted:11/20/2010

This pasta dish was easy to make and SO delicious! I'll definitely be making this one again, the family loved it!

mrsrayburn

posted:11/19/2010

Very tasty and super easy - great weeknight meal!! The husband and kids all made "happy plates" and were asking for more...

jen81677

posted:11/17/2010

This recipe was amazing. It actually looked like the picture. It was so easy to make and my family loved it. I left out the diced tomatoes because my family isn't big on them...but I added a little extra sauce and it worked fine.

cathyanders

posted:11/17/2010

OUTSTANDING!!!!! I'm planning on using this recipe next in lasagna. My husband does not like ricotta cheese, so I stopped making lasagna. NOW, I will try this and I bet he will LOVE it just as did the baked ziti.

Liz12345678

posted:11/17/2010

This was really easy and very good. We used low fat cream cheese and light sour cream to cut back on calories, my sister is doing Weight Watchers, but this recipe was excellent. WE had it for dinner and lunch the following day (6 people at this twice)

ka11a12

posted:11/17/2010

This was easy and excellent. I added 1 lb of browned ground beef to stretch the recipe ( 4 teen boys and dad) and they all LOVED IT. They fought for leftovers and that never happens. Very easy to put together and great flavors.