Baking Bacon

At our last book club meeting, the conversation turned to bacon. It happens! A few people were surprised to hear that you can bake bacon instead of frying it on the stove.

I learned about oven-fried bacon in Mad Hungry by Lucinda Scala Quinn. (Do you have this cookbook? It’s one of my favorites.) I like that you can toss the bacon in the oven and pretty much forget about it while you work on everything else.

Here’s what you do:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and lay the bacon strips side by side across the sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes—cooking time will depend on the thickness of the bacon. And how crispy you like it.

Drain the bacon on paper towels and serve while hot.

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