Easy Baked Ziti

With three cheeses and no need to precook the pasta, this easy comfort food recipe will tempt you to make baked ziti every night.

Ingredients

• *optional
• garlic salt, garlic powder *
• Minced garlic*
• 1 tb. Italian seasoning *
• 1 box ziti (8 ounces)
• 1 package grated mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
• 1/4 grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 container ricotta cheese (15 ounces)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 jar favorite tomato-based pasta sauce (26 ounces)

Instructions

1. Serve with french bread and salad.
2. Remove the foil and sprinkle the remaining mozzarella, then bake uncovered for about 5 more minutes, until cheese is melted.
3. Bake for 55 minutes.
4. Spoon the mixture into a 9×13 baking dish and cover it with foil.
5. Stir in the Ricotta cheese, minced garlic,* Parmesan, and 1/ the Mozzarella cheese, then the UNCOOKED ziti.
6. Combine the sauce, seasonings and water into a large mixing bowl.
7. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Notes