Spaghetti Muffins
Discover a fun, new way to serve up a family-favorite with this easy recipe for baked spaghetti muffins. Loaded with noodles, sauce, meat and cheese, these cute muffin-tin meals put an inventive twist on pasta night!
Ingredients
- 12 ounces spaghetti noodles
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cups spaghetti sauce divided
- 24 ounce bag frozen meatballs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cook spaghetti until al dente. Drain and rinse in cold water.
- In a large bowl, combine spaghetti, eggs, both cheeses, and 1 cup sauce. Mix well.
- Spray muffin pans with cooking spray or add liners to each cup. Add a scoop of spaghetti mixture to each cup.
- Using a shot glass, press firmly down on spaghetti in each cup to create a well.
- Bake until set (about 15 minutes).
- While spaghetti cups bake, cook meatballs according to package directions.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, add remaining 1 ½ cups of sauce and heat until hot. Remove from heat, add meatballs and stir to combine.
- Add a a meatball with sauce to each spaghetti cup.
- Top each muffin with extra cheese.
Notes
- Grease your muffin tin well - the muffins can be tricky to remove otherwise and may stick and break apart. Pan spray works great. You can also use muffin tin liners.
- Undercook the spaghetti slightly before mixing - it will finish cooking fully baked in the muffin tin. You still want a little bite left in the noodles.
- Pack the spaghetti tightly into each muffin cup before it bakes - this helps ensure the baked form holds together nicely.
- Sprinkle each spaghetti muffin with grated parmesan cheese before baking for a crispy, cheesy lid as they cook.
- Let muffins cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan - the carryover cooking makes them hold form better. Use a thin knife to nudge them out.
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.