I like bacon. Alot. I mean, it’s BACON. It’s smokey, salty goodness.
It should be no surprise that we go through a lot of bacon in our house – after all, my husband is a chef that has a tattoo dedicated to bacon. That’s love right there.
(tattoo by Don Sellers).
Every once and awhile my husband gets a little crazy and makes candied bacon (with brown sugar & maple syrup) that is seriously the best stuff on Earth. He swears that any type oven cooked bacon (candied or not) is the best and well, I agree.
Oven cooked bacon is super easy, takes only a few minutes, and produces the best chewy yet slightly crispy bacon. If you’ve never tried it – DO IT! I promise you won’t regret it – I mean, either way, you’ve got bacon.
Oven Cooked Bacon
Print recipeIngredients
- 1 packet bacon (get the good stuff!)
Note
Feel free to add herbs, maple syrup (doooo it!), or other flavorings to the bacon before you bake it. YUM!
Directions
| 1. | Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment. |
| 2. | Line up bacon slices so they do not touch. Bake for 15-20 minutes until gloriously crispy. |
| 3. | Carefully remove from baking sheet and drain on paper towel lined plate. You can save the bacon grease in a jar or cup and use it to fry up eggs later (highly recommend). |
*edited to add: If you like super crispy bacon, place bacon on a rack and then place rack on baking sheet.
Tagged: bacon, oven cooked bacon, paleo, primal
I'm Gabby. A 24 year old gluten-free kitchen explorer, Crossfitter, and freelance recipe developer and food photographer sharing my life one recipe, workout, and photo at a time. 
I also like to cook my bacon in the oven, but I do it a little different. I put the bacon in the cold oven and heat it to 450*. When the oven has finished heating up, the bacon is done.
I love that oven cooked bacon doesn’t leave a hugely greasy smell in my house.
YUM! I agree, I love that oven cooked bacon just leaves a yummy bacon-y smell instead of grease smell.
Hahaha I love your husbands tattoo
I might be a vegetarian, but even I can agree that bacon smells amazing!
HA love it!
I love bacon, but have never cooked it in the oven…looks like I know what Im having tomorrow am!
OH MY YUM!!! That looks amazing!! And so non-greasy-messy!! Thanks for the recipe! I will have to try it next time
I want to hear more about doing this with maple syrup! Sounds incredible!
He usually drizzles it with a little maple syrup and brown sugar, places it on a rack, and cooks it in the oven! SO amazing!
I love baking bacon – especially if you add a little bit of cayenne pepper! Yum.
I need to try it – I love anything spicy!
I’M ALL ABOUT THE BACON. Every. stinkin. morning. My bacon love would never go as far as a tattoo (I think) but your husband rocks.
xo lady!
I just had bacon wrapped around green beans and it was delicious. it should probably have been oven baked though because that’s genius.
Yum!