Pasta, Sausage Fried Onion Bake

We LOVED this recipe, I mean we really, really loved this recipe! Robby had a couple friends over the night I made this so I was happy this made a big pan full as we ALL ate seconds!! I also gave some of this to two
co- workers both of whom asked for the recipe! One of my co- workers, Sherry, made this for her family and they all loved it and went back for seconds… just as my family did! Needless to say this recipe is a keeper! Add a side salad or some garlic bread and dinner is done!

INGREDIENTS
10 ounces of any pasta you choose, I used bow tie pasta
1 Pound Jimmy Dean hot sausage
1  Jar of your favorite pasta sauce (I used Ragu) 26.5 ounce
1 Tablespoon of butter
1/2 cup of chopped onion
8 oz. cream cheese
2 Tablespoons of milk (can use pasta water)
1 cup Parmesan cheese
French fried onions (small can, or if you’re like me, a large one so you can snack on just one or two …..or more!)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook your pasta until al dente. Drain and set aside.
Brown the sausage and crumble as it cooks, drain excess fat and add your pasta sauce to pan and let simmer on low to warm through. In another skillet add butter letting it melt, add onion and stir well until onions are soft. Add the cream cheese to your onion mixture breaking the cream cheese up making it into a sauce. Add the milk or a couple tablespoons of the pasta water to smooth out the cream cheese sauce.
Using a lightly greased 9 x 13 baking dish you can assemble the casserole starting with a slight layer of the sausage / pasta sauce. Add your cooked pasta to the dish, next add your cream cheese sauce and then layer with the rest of your sausage sauce mixture. Add the Parmesan cheese to the top and bake for 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes go ahead and add your french fried onions spreading them across the top of your casserole. Continue to cook for five more minutes.  Remove from oven and serve warm.

Enjoy,