Cream Cheese Pasta

Name: Cream Cheese Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 ounces thin spaghetti; 8 ounces cream cheese; 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 0.6 ounces dry Italian dressing mix; 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

5 mins prepServes 6

Easy cream cheese pasta is a cozy comfort food that's done in just 15 minutes.

6 servings

What you need

8 oz spaghetti, cooks quicker!

8 oz cream cheese

¼ cup parmesan cheese, grated

2 tbsp butter

1 tsp garlic powder

⅗ oz italian salad dressing mix, I used a packet of Good Seasons

½ tsp crushed red pepper, optional

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Instructions


0 Bring a pot of salted water to a rolling boil.
1 Add pasta.
2 While the pasta is cooking add the butter and cream cheese to a skillet over medium heat and whisk until well mixed and smooth.
3 Add the Parmesan, garlic powder and Italian dressing mix.
4 Whisk until smooth.
5 Remove from heat.
6 As soon as the pasta is done drain it, reserving about 1 cup of the hot pasta water.
7 Put the cream cheese sauce back on the stove on medium heat.
8 Add about 1/4 cup of the pasta water, whisking smooth.
9 Add some of the pasta and mix in to the sauce.
10 Continue adding pasta and mixing well.
11 Add a little more pasta water if the sauce seems clumpy or too thick to coat the spaghetti.
12 Sprinkle with crushed red peppers, Parmesan, and a little parsley if you wish.
13 Serve immediately.

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Cream Cheese Pasta

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