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This baked cream cheese spaghetti casserole is loaded with creamy, cheesy perfection! A meal that the entire family will love!
I’m always up for a cozy baked spaghetti dinner. If you want to skip boiling the noodles first, my no-boil spaghetti bake makes dinner even easier.
We celebrated my son’s 7th birthday at Disneyland over the weekend and had an absolute blast! I love getting away and spending time with my family. We sure do love our Luke, but he is such a picky eater! I keep hoping he’ll grow out of it, but dinner can still be a struggle. So when I find something he loves, you know it’s a keeper. He happily eats this baked cream cheese spaghetti, and that’s a win in my book!
Baked spaghetti is already so good, but cream cheese takes it to a whole new level! It makes the sauce rich and creamy, and my whole family loves it. We’ve made this hearty, meaty casserole for years, and it has earned a spot in our regular dinner rotation. If creamy pasta bakes are a hit at your house too, try my Poor Man’s Casserole next!
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Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole
Ingredients
- 12 ounces spaghetti
- 1 (28-ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, add 1 pound lean ground beef. Cook and brown the beef until no longer pink.
- Add 1 (28-ounce) jar spaghetti sauce to the skillet and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Cook 12 ounces spaghetti according to the package directions. Drain and place the noodles in a large bowl.
- Add 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and 1 clove minced garlic. Stir until the cream cheese has melted and the noodles are coated.
- Place a small amount of the meat/sauce mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Add the spaghetti mixture on top of the sauce then top with the remaining meat/sauce mixture. Sprinkle ½ cup grated parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes until bubbly and heated through.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this with chicken breasts inside of ground meat. And my husband loved it. Will be making it again.
Yum! Thanks for the comments and review!
what cheeses should I put on top before baking?
I used parmesan here, but mozzarella would be delicious as well!
This is my husbands favorite dinner! I also made it for my aunt and uncle and they loved it too! We use ground venison
This is easy, cheap and DELICIOUS! A 10! I ♥️ your recipes. This is the way I’ll make spaghetti from now on!
Can you make this recipe (spaghetti casserole with cream cheese) ahead of time and freeze it?
Part of the normal rotation now. We use gluten free pasta and baking it makes it taste like “real” spaghetti. Great easy dish.
Would it make a difference if you only have 4 oz of cream cheese?
I would recommend using the 8 oz unless you divided the recipe in half.
I just made this and omg it’s soooo good I used ground turkey and it came out so hood I would have never thought to use cream cheese and I used Parmesan cheese and Mexican cheese (my family and I are cheese heads) our 8 year old son said it taste like heaven on a tongue .. he said mom please make more
AWE!! That is awesome! I am so glad that you all enjoyed! Thanks so much for sharing! XOXO
Made this tonight, and it is wonderful. I added a layer of thick cut mozzarella cheese on top of the noodles, then added the meat sauce. I put a layer of grated parmesan and more thick cut mozzarella; then baked according to the directions.
I love your addition of cheese! That sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!! XOXO
Can this be frozen? Looking for recipes I can make for my daughter (who is pregnant with twins) that she set out in the morning and cook when she gets home from work.
Are you using 1lb of meat, total?
Also…12oz spaghetti, is like an entire box? It seemed like so much in comparison to the meat & sauce mixture?
I love this recipe but mine was a little dry. This was probably my fault because I could not find a 28oz jar of spaghetti sauce. I thought it was a mistake. Only 24 oz. So I guess I should have popped open a second jar???? I also had a problem stirring in the cream cheese. Did someone say they microwaved it a bit to soften?
I can’t believe I never made baked spaghetti until tonight. And, boy was it a hit with the hubby!!
I used the above recipe with the following modifications:
Baked it in an 8X8 pan for 2 of us and we still had a lot left over.
I mixed a 1/2 lb of mild Italian Sausage with a 1/2 lb of ground beef.
I used 8 oz of Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese
Only used 1/2 a pound of spaghetti
Boiled the pasta for 10 minutes
Absolutely delish!!!
I didn’t let my husband or youngest son that this dish had cream cheese. They ” can always taste it and don’t like cream cheese”. Of course, I cook with it all the time, just hide it! It was a huge success. So easy and it was torn through like starving wild dogs got a hold of it!
I made this last night with ground turkey and it was amazing. My husband declared that it needs to go on the menu every week. Thanks for sharing!!