Sheet-pan dinners are a lifesaver on busy weeknights. But a baking sheet can also work wonders at breakfast time if you love bacon but hate grease splatters, standing over the stove and a house that smells like fatty, smoked meat for days. It's time, dear reader, to put your sheet pan to work and start cooking bacon in the oven.
Instead of using a frying pan to cook a few measly strips of bacon at a time, you can cook an entire pack at once (or about a dozen strips) on one sheet. Line your baking pan with foil or parchment paper and after cooking, you can simply discard it and rinse off your sheets instead of scrubbing a frying pan. And unlike with a frying pan, you can cook all your strips to your desired consistency (extra-crispy, please). So the real question is: Why aren't you cooking bacon in the oven yet? To get started, try this method with our maple-fennel bacon, maple bacon French toast or gourmet BLT sandwich, delicious on its own or as a garnish on a brunch-time caesar.
This story was originally published in 2021; updated in 2023.
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