Two things I don't love about bacon:
1. How long it takes to cook a package. You only have so much room in that little pan.
2. Cleaning up. The spatter gets into the darnedest of places.
There was a time when I thought I'd just have to suffer through. But no more! I learned I can bake bacon in my oven! Okay, so maybe its only a miraculous discovery to me. But if you didn't know about this method, I want to encourage you to
1 package of bacon
1 cookie sheet
tin foil
cooling racks (optional)
1. Set your oven to 400 degrees and line a cookie sheet with tin foil. If you have some that are safe for the oven, place one or more cooling racks on the cookie sheet. You can stagger and layer them so that they cover the whole sheet.
2. Lay the bacon on the cooling racks or on the tin foil. Put them in the oven for 20-30 minutes. I recommend checking them after 20 minutes and every 5 minutes after until they reach desired crispness.
That's all there is to it. Tasty, crisp bacon with no real clean up. Be warned that this method can generate a bit of smoke when you open your oven to check the bacon. It's a wise idea to turn on the vent hood or crack a window.
For the truly frugal and time conscious, you can make your own pre-cooked bacon by freezing them once they're cooked. It has a tendency to stick together when chilled, so you might want to ether pop the whole sheet in the freezer or separate the slices with paper towels/wax paper/parchment paper.
