Baked Ziti with cookies

12 ounces uncooked ziti pasta 4 ounces pancetta or bacon, diced 1 large onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1 (1-lb.) package ground Italian sausage 1 cup[...]

table salt 1 lb ziti pasta (or other short, tubular pasta) 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 garlic cloves (minced or pressed through garlic press) 1 (28 ounce) can[...]

1 lb whole-milk cottage cheese (you could use 1 percent, but do NOT use nonfat cottage cheese...it will break when baked) 2 large eggs , lightly beaten 3[...]