How to Bake Easy Oven Noodles

Last Updated: February 6, 2020

Cooking noodles in the oven frees up stove top space. Pop a main dish alongside the noodles and you'll have an easy oven dinner in no time and save energy.

Ingredients

8 ounces (225g) egg noodles (about 5 cups)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons margarine
3 1/2 cups boiling water

Steps

1
Preheat oven to 325ºF/170ºC.
2
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.

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3
Spray a 1 1/2-quart (1.4 liter) casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
4
Add the egg noodles to the casserole dish.
5
Sprinkle the noodles with salt.
6
Add the margarine to the hot water.
7
Pour the hot water mixture over the noodles.
8
Push the noodles down into the hot water mixture with a spoon.
9
Cover and bake until the egg noodles are tender. This should take between 35 and 40 minutes.
10
Serves 4.

Community Q&A

Question

What about adding cheese to bake noodles in the oven?

ArtBrained

Community Answer

Add the cheese in the last ten to fifteen minuets of baking so it gets nice and brown. Then do a little more after it's out of the oven for a nice cheese pull.