i am doing paula deen walkaway baked spaghetti. : Walk Away Baked Spaghetti
By Paula Deen
Rating: (98) Questions (0) Difficulty: Easy
Tags: cheesy, comfort food, Family Supper

Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Servings: 10
Ingredients
1 lb ground beef, browned and seasoned (Italian sausage can be substituted)
3/4 lb spaghetti, cooked
1 jar (approximately 15 oz) pasta sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.

In a large sauce pan, simmer meat and tomato sauce together. Toss the cooked noodles in the sauce.

To Assemble: Spray a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Spoon half of the noodle mixture into the dish. Pack it down lightly and sprinkle on half of the cheese. Add the other half of the spaghetti, pack down lightly and top with the rest of the cheese. Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly. Serve with a green salad and crusty garlic bread.

Per Barilla, at this link Measuring Pasta found by Googling "Dry pasta equals how much cooked" 2 ounces of dry Spaghetti equals one cup of cooked.

If there are 16 ounces in a pound, 3/4's or 75% also represented by .75 of a pound is 12 ounces. That's found by multiplying .75 by 16, the number of ounces in a pound.

So, 12 divided by 2 equals 6 or, if 2 ounces of Spaghetti equals one cup of cooked, then 12 ounces of dry Spaghetti would equal 6 cups cooked.

TM

thank you very much.

Seems to me that the recipe calls for 3/4 lb. of dry spaghetti. You would just cook 3/4 lb. of dry spaghetti. No need to know how many cups. Go by the weight on the box of spaghetti.

thank you guys very much.