Pizza Noodle Bake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups egg noodles, uncooked
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 lb ground italian sausage
• 1/4 cup mushroom, chopped
• 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
• 5 -10 slices pepperoni (depending on the size you use)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 bring water to a boil in a 3 quart sauce pan. boil noodles and set aside.
• 3 these steps are if you are using pre-cooked sausage:.
• 4 heat butter and oil in a skillet; the oil keeps the butter from burning.
• 5 add your mushrooms, onions and garlic and saute until almost done.
• 6 add your precooked sausage and cook for an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until sausage is heated through.
• 7 (if you aren't using pre-cooked sausage, cook the sausage, mushrooms, onion and garlic together and omit the butter and oil.).
• 8 in a 2 quart casserole dish, add 2 tablespoons spaghetti sauce to the bottom.
• 9 layer 1/2 of the cooked noodles, sausage mixture, 1/2 of the remaining sauce and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese.
• 10 layer the remaining noodles, remaining sauce, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
• 11 top the dish off with pepperoni slices.
• 12 bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until cheese is melted and dish is heated through.