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Baked Ziti

Baked ziti, also called pepperoni ziti casserole, is a quick meal that takes little time to prepare.  If you can fry ground sausage and boil noodles, then you can make this dish.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 lb Italian sausage
  • 8 oz Penne Pasta
  • 1520 finely diced pepperoni (or buy mini pepperoni)
  • Jar of spaghetti sauce
  • 16 oz mozzarella cheese, divided

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Grease 9×13 pan.
  3. Cook noodles according to package instructions.
  4. While noodles are cooking, brown sausage.
  5. Drain sausage and noodles.
  6. Place noodles and sausage into a large bowl and mix well.
  7. Add in spaghetti sauce and blend.
  8. Add 1/4 package of mozzarella and pepperoni – mix well.
  9. Pour mixture into greased pan.
  10. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
  11. Uncover and sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over the top.
  12. Bake for another 15 minutes.