Spicy Brown Sugar Bacon will add a delicious sweet and spicy twist to your breakfast! This oven baked bacon recipe is so easy and so tasty. The cayenne pepper and brown sugar creates the perfect flavor, but you can leave that out if you want and just start baking bacon in the oven for the best bacon ever!
1lb.Bacon I prefer thin slices, but use your favorite.
3tablespoonsDark Brown-Sugar
½teaspoonCayenne Pepperor more if you want spicier
½teaspoonBlack Pepper
Instructions
Mix together the brown sugar, cayenne pepper and black pepper, set aside.
DO NOT PREHEAT THE OVEN
Getting ready: Cover a rimmed cookie sheet with aluminum foil – cleaning up is much more fun this way. Spray cooling rack with cooking spray – for the same reason as above and set the rack on the cookie sheet. Ok, now you are ready to place the bacon on the rack.
Drape the bacon across the cooling rack with a little space between strips. If you need to cut some of the bacon in half to fill in the spaces, that is fine.
Place the bacon on your oven’s middle rack and turn the oven to 375 degrees.
Bake for 20 minutes. Take out the bacon, flip each slice over and sprinkle with the brown sugar mixture on each slice of bacon.
Bake for 15-20 minutes more. Watch closely for the last 5 minutes – it can burn quickly.
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Notes
*If you want plain bacon, just leave off the brown-sugar mixture.*