Baked Pasta Recipes
This pasta collection focuses on comforting oven-baked dishes: creamy cheddar mac and cheese and a cheese-topped bake made with leftover pasta. Both offer a way to turn pasta into a meal to share without making fresh pasta dough.
Start with mac and cheese when you want to cook the dish from scratch, or look at the leftover pasta bake when you already have cooked pasta to use. Follow the sauce quantities and oven instructions in your chosen recipe rather than treating the two methods as interchangeable.
Recipes in this collection
- Leftover Pasta Bake Recipe with Cheese - Easy & Delicious Way to Reuse Pasta
No Waste Pasta. Leftover baked pasta that serves 5 for only $6. Hey everyone! Got leftover pasta in the fridge? Don’t toss it! In today’s recipe, I’m showing you how to transform leftover pasta into a cheesy, oven-baked masterpiece. This version is a creative twist on my previ...
- Baked Mac and Cheese with Cheddar - Easy Creamy Recipe
If you haven’t tried this Mac and Cheese now its your chance. Make a 6 serving for $10. This baked mac and cheese with cheddar is creamy, rich, and topped with a perfectly golden crust. It’s an easy comfort food recipe made with simple ingredients and no complicated steps — pe...
Get more from your pasta bake
Consider the pasta you are starting with
Freshly boiled pasta and refrigerated cooked pasta do not begin with the same texture. Use the recipe intended for your starting point, and check how much sauce it calls for before assembling the dish.
Balance sauce and topping
A browned cheese topping is only one part of a good bake. Keep the sauce proportions in the recipe so the pasta beneath it stays creamy rather than drying out in the oven.
Serve with something lighter
A vegetable side can balance a rich cheese sauce. Explore the side dish collection for accompaniments, and check portions before adding bread or another filling dish to the meal.