Oh how our family loves spaghetti. Well, we love any pasta really – except for my husband who has a very limited list of foods he likes! One family favorite and a recipe I love to use when we have guests is baked spaghetti. It’s easy to prepare, and you can even use leftover spaghetti and turn it into a new dish!
When I verbally share this recipe I usually say “make your spaghetti how you usually do” (or use leftover spaghetti) and then go into details about the baked part, but for the sake of a complete recipe, I will share how I make the spaghetti as well! Of course, you can definitely substitute what I use for your own favorites or make your own tomato sauce and shredded cheese!
Baked Spaghetti Recipe
Serves 5-9 people
Prep time: around 45 minutes
What you Will Need
16 oz Package of Ground Beef
1 Bottle of Tomato Sauce
1 Box (16 oz/1 lb) of Spaghetti Noodles
Garlic Salt (To Preferred Taste)
8oz Package of Cream Cheese
8oz of Shredded Cheese (I use a finely shredded blend)
What to Do
You will start with the first four ingredients to prepare your spaghetti
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees
- Bring 4-6 quarts of water to a boil in a large pan
- Add a few sprinkles of garlic salt to the water
- Once the water is boiling, add the spaghetti carefully to the water and bring the water back to a boil
- Stir pasta occasionally to avoid sticking
- While pasta is boiling, prepare the ground beef in a 10 inch or bigger skillet
- Sprinkle the ground beef with garlic salt and brown it in the skillet
- Drain the spaghetti
- Combine the cooked spaghetti, ground beef, and tomato sauce in a large pot
- Mix Well
- Pour the Spaghetti into a 9-by-13-Inch Rectangular Baking Dish
Next you will get out your last two ingredients: Cream Cheese and Shredded Cheese. If you’re preparing your own shredded cheese, be sure to grate it finely.
- Soften the Cream Cheese if necessary – it needs to be easily spreadable
- Spread the Cream Cheese on the Spaghetti in the baking dish
- Sprinkle the shredded (or grated) cheese on top of the spaghetti and cream cheese
- Place the baking dish in the oven
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (or until the cheese is melted)
To serve, I cut it in squares like you would with a lasagna and serve with a large spoon or spatula. To use leftover spaghetti, simply add it to the pan (a smaller baking pan fitting for the amount you have left), add then follow the end of the recipe starting at the Cream Cheese. Enjoy!
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What a wonderful and delish sounding recipe. One I could even do. Spaghetti is one dish I can make. This is a wonderful twist to an old favorite!
oh boy, will you invite me for dinner when you are making this?!! woops I fogot I need to make it myself! I love this recipe, and can’t wait to try it!
Haha I hope you enjoy it!
I’ve been told you don’t have to even prepare the spaghetti first. Just throw it all in layered and bake.
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Interesting. I haven’t tried that, but it doesn’t take long to prepare the spaghetti first, and I’m usually cooking the sides for our meal at the same time, so it kind of flows nicely this way.
The next time I make spaghetti I will have to try this…looks good.
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that looks so good and easy to make,,my husband would love this
It really is easy to make, which I love!
Oh my…..This sounds amazing! I will be trying this.
I hope you enjoy it!
My Aunt has made this before. And it is really delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
We have tried this recipe and it is so delicious. Thank you for the recipe
Awesome! You’re welcome!
ah yes – now i know what to do with all that spaghetti I been getting good deals on ๐
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Woo hoo! Savings and a nice dinner is definitely awesome!
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This sounds like a great easy recipe. I never made baked spaghetti. I will have to try this. Thank you.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it!
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That sounds really delicious!
Thank you for the recipe. My favorite is spaghetti. Now I will have to try the baked spaghetti.
Awesome! You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it!
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I definitely will bookmark this recipe and try it with my family. Thank you for sharing, it is sounds delicious!
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it!
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That sounds so yummy. I love that it has cream cheese, and bet that would be amazing. I am going to try this soon!
We are always looking for different ways to prepare our “Italian night” meals!
This looks like something that would be a hit at my house. We are pasta lovers too. Add some garlic bread and this is perfection.
Awesome! Definitely add garlic bread! I always have to have some with any pasta dish!
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This looks so yummy. I will be trying this next week for sure.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it!
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(A Family Favorite โ Baked Spaghetti {Recipe} This is one recipe that I know my family would enjoy eating for dinner some night soon. I like that it also has cream cheese in it, (yummy)
That’s what I love about it as well! It really makes the flavor unique!
This looks so good and easy to make. I am always looking for new recipes for pasta. My family will love this. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! That’s what I love most is that it’s easy to make!
This does sound yummy! We will have to give this a try, sound yummy! We love fried spaghetti also it is really good leftover the next day.
Hmmm I haven’t tried fried spaghetti, but it sounds good!
This recipe sure sounds like a winner!! I know that my husband would love it, so I must make it ๐ I love how easy to prepare it is, and the addition of Cream Cheese!! Thanks for sharing ๐
You’re welcome! I really think it’s the cream cheese that makes it so good!
I haven’t tried baked spaghetti yet, but when I saw the cream cheese I jumped with joy! I will definitely try this soon. Thanks for the recipe!
Awesome! You’re welcome!
This baked spaghetti recipe looks so yummy. I can’t eat a lot of tomato sauce anymore so I can use less and more cheese. Thanks for sharing.
I often have left over pasta that I end up tossing. This is a new recipe to me.It sounds interesting.
It is so perfect for the extra pasta! When I make just regular spaghetti I always seem to make way too much, so it comes in handy for reusing it but adding a spin to it.
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We love spaghetti. I’m wondering how it will be with cream cheese in it? I just may have to make it to find out.
Surprisingly, I’m not a huge cream cheese lover. I don’t dislike it, but it’s generally not on my list of ingredients I tend to use. It really adds something to this recipe, though, and I’ve made it that way ever since!
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this looks delicious. i wonder how it would turn out if we used zucchini pasta or a spaghetti squash
I actually just got some spaghetti squash from our garden and was planning on trying it!
Sounds yummy