Simple Fare, Fairly Simple

I’ve commented a few times on here how I like to cook bacon in the oven. I also like to sprinkle it with brown sugar. The first time I saw this done was probably ten years or so ago. We were at a friend’s house for BLT’s. The hostess was serving lots of people that evening. When I walked in the house, I could smell bacon cooking but didn’t see it anywhere. Then when she pulled it out of the oven, I almost cried with joy! Genius! Why had no one told me before you could do this??!! I commented to her how smart that was...then she asked me if I’d ever sprinkled brown sugar on my bacon? I wanted to hug her right there on the spot! No! No one had ever imparted such knowledge to me!! I wanted to share with you my method for cooking bacon this way. Beware…you may never go back to pan-frying plain ole bacon again!

Oven Baked Bacon 
with Brown Sugar



1 pound bacon
Brown sugar
1 - 2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Lay some parchment paper down on the bottom of two cookie sheets.

Lay a cookie cooking rack on top of the cookie sheet.

Lay the bacon out in strips on the cooling racks. (You can spray the cooling racks with cooking spray before you lay the bacon out, if you want to.)

Take some brown sugar (mix in the cayenne if using)
 and sprinkle it heavily on the bacon.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until desired crispness is reached. You’ll be able to tell (smell) when it’s close to being done.

Allow to cool then remove bacon from cooling racks.

Then try not to eat the whole thing.

This couldn't be easier. Here's what you'll need.

Put the bacon on a cooking rack over a parchment paper lined pan. (Grease the cooling rack if ya wanna.) Spread brown sugar over each piece of bacon.

Bake it for a while until the bacon is done 

and it's ooey-gooey sticky. So yum!