Oven-Baked Sheet-Pan Bacon Recipe | Epicurious

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Cooked bacon on a wirerack on a foillined sheet tray.

Photo by Alex Lau

Not only does this oven method free you from needing to constantly tend the bacon while it cooks, but it also produces superior results.

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