How to Make Oven Baked Bacon (Peppered Maple)
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This oven-baked bacon is so easy to make! Simply arrange the bacon slices on a rack, and bake and get on with making the rest of your breakfast items!
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Update: This recipe was originally published March of, 2016. It was republished with more info in December 2020.
I typically do a big breakfast for any and all people that are in my house on any given weekend or holiday. You MUST have breakfast potatoes, eggs, pancakes, and BACON at a bare minimum. You just do.
With my skillets going with the first 3 items, I often have to do my cooking in shifts… which makes it take longer to get breakfast on the table and delay the deliciousness.
Enter… the oven-baked bacon. Restaurants do bacon this way, and it really is a great way to free up your stove-top and get perfectly cooked bacon every time.
I kick it up a notch with freshly ground black pepper, and a swipe of pure maple syrup. It disappeared fast (see my son trying to get in before it hits the table).
Why this recipe works:
- Super easy to make. Just lay out the bacon slices and bake it. Its done in under 20 minutes, with very little hands-on time.
- Optional brushing with maple and black pepper. You don’t have to!
Kylee’s Notes & FAQs
What to do with leftovers
Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Substitutions/Additions
- You can use any brand of bacon you like! I prefer to use thick-cut bacon for this.
- If you prefer, use honey instead of maple syrup.
- Brown sugar sprinkled on the bacon instead also works!
How to bake bacon in the oven
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- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, and line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil
- Lay your bacon out flat in a single layer on a wire rack on the baking sheet and generously pepper the bacon.
- Cook the bacon in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove, and baste the bacon with the maple syrup.
- Return bacon to the oven, and cook a further 3-5 minutes. Cook a little longer if you prefer your bacon extra crispy!
- Remove from oven.
- Devour.
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Oven Baked Bacon (Peppered Maple)
Ingredients
- 1 pound thick cut bacon
- 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup not pancake syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F, and line a large baking sheet with foil
- Lay your 1 pound thick cut bacon flat on a wire rack on the baking sheet.
- Generously pepper your bacon with 1 teaspoon cracked pepper.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove, and baste the bacon with 1/4 cup pure maple syrup.
- Return bacon to the oven, and cook a further 3-5 minutes (until desired level of done-ness)
- Remove from oven.
- Devour.
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About Kylee Ayotte
I am a born and raised New Zealander (a Kiwi), now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m happily married to the love of my life – a hot American boy I met while traveling the world. I’m a mama to 2 awesome little boys and love red things, rugby, cheesecake, and bacon. Mmmmm. Bacon. Meet Kylee
I have made buttermilk pancakes plenty of times and always look for recipes where you fluff the egg whites, but your recipe added an additional step of letting the batter rest that took my pancakes to the next level! Thank you!
What great timing. I was just thinking the other day that I wanted to try some new things with bacon. Wonderful idea and looks so tasty! Do you typically get the pre-packaged thick cut bacon, or do you have a butcher prepare it for you?
I can not believe I have never cooked bacon in the oven, you made it look delicious!!!
Will be trying it.
I love Bacon and you just took it notch up by doing it sweet n salty. Absolutely perfect for breakfast or anytime munch. Great recipe.