Super Easy Baking Bacon Recipes

BAKED BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
• Dice the bacon, then add to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook until crisp. Remove from the pan using a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Add the onions to the pan with the bacon drippings and saute until translucent and soft.
• In a large bowl, combine the beans, molasses, brown sugar, ketchup, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Stir in the cooked onions and the bacon.
• Pour the beans into a 3-quart baking dish. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes, or until heated through and bubbling.

SUPER EASY EGG CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Stir Cheddar cheese, eggs, bacon, bread, red bell pepper, green onion, milk, garlic, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until well-combined; pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set, 20 to 25 minutes.

ONE PAN BREAKFAST BAKE WITH BACON, HASH BROWNS, AND EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Lay bacon strips to line the outer edges of the pan and place one strip down the middle, making two large open squares.
• Spread the hash browns in the two open spaces. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until bacon is almost crispy.
• Remove tray from oven and use a spoon to make 4 wells in the hash browns. Crack eggs directly into the wells. Sprinkle cheddar cheese over hash browns.
• Return to the oven and bake until egg whites are set and bacon is crispy, about 6 to 8 minutes.

JOSEPH'S BEST EASY BACON RECIPE

Steps:

• Line a large baking sheet with 2 sheets of aluminum foil, making sure pan is completely covered.
• Arrange bacon strips on the prepared baking sheet, keeping at least 1/2-inch space between strips. Place pan in the cold oven.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Cook bacon for 14 minutes.
• Transfer cooked bacon to paper towel-lined plates. Let cool for 5 minutes for bacon to crisp.

SUPER EASY: BAKING SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line a 10"x15" jelly roll pan with parchment paper for cooking/baking.
• Place one package of sausage links in the jelly roll pan flat on top of the parchment paper in a single layer.
• When the oven comes up to temperature, place the pan with the sausage on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• When the time goes off remove the sausage from the oven and rotate them to the other side.
• Place them back in the oven for another 10 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly cooked through.
• Remove finished sausage to paper towels or brown paper and blot excess grease off of the links with paper towels.
• Repeat process until entire 3-pounds of sausage is cooked.
• Freeze in portion sized bags.
• Afterward, clean-up is a breeze. Wait for grease to cool and then throw away parchment paper.

MAKE AHEAD CRISPY BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line cookie sheets with heavy duty aluminum foil. Be sure to wrap it tightly around all 4 sides of the cookie sheet.
• Place strips of bacon on the cookie sheets.
• Bake the bacon in oven for 20-25 minutes, or until you reach your desired level of crispness.
• Be sure to rotate pans in the oven at about 10-15 minute mark. This makes sure all of the bacon reaches even cooking levels.
• Once bacon has finished baking in the oven. Allow it to rest for 5-10 minutes.
• Remove bacon from cookie sheets, and place on paper towel lined plate to drain.
• Once bacon has finished draining you can place in freezer bags to go into the refrigerator.
• If you want to freeze the cooked bacon. Place some freezer paper or parchment paper on a cookie sheet, and then add a layer of bacon on top. Add another piece of freezer or parchment paper on top of the bacon, and then add another layer of bacon on top of that.
• Repeat this process for 3-4 layers.
• Allow bacon to freeze for 2- 3 hours.
• Remove bacon from freezer, and place into freezer bags. I like to separate the bacon out into portions that I will be using during the week.
• To reheat frozen bacon: Allow to thaw overnight in the fridge, and then heat on a paper towel lined plate in the microwave in 20 second intervals. Heat until you reach your desired level of heat and crispiness. If you forget to thaw, place the frozen bacon on a paper towel lined plate and heat in the microwave in 30 second intervals.

BACON RANCH DIP

Steps:

• Roughly chop bacon. bacon strips into 1/4" squares
• In a medium bowl, combine sour cream and ranch. Mix until well blended.
• Fold in bacon and shredded cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

SUPER EASY EGG CASSEROLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9x9 baking pan with a nonstick cooking spray.
• Wash and dice your mixed bell peppers and place them in the bottom of your baking dish.
• Mix in your diced bacon and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk your eggs with a little salt and pepper.
• Mix in your shredded cheese and pour over your veggies and bacon.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center is cooked thoroughly.
• Let sit for several minutes, slice, and enjoy!

SUPER EASY: BAKING BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line a 10"x15" jelly roll pan with parchment paper for cooking/baking.
• Place 8 slices of bacon across the short side of the jelly roll pan flat on top of the parchment paper.
• When the oven comes up to temperature, place the pan with the bacon on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• When the 15 minutes is up, check the bacon.
• We like our bacon limp, but if you like it crispy, add more time, rechecking it every 1-2 minutes for desired doneness.
• Remove finished bacon to paper towels or brown paper and blot excess grease off bacon with paper towels.
• Drain bacon grease into a can.
• Repeat process until entire 3-pounds of bacon is cooked.
• Freeze in portion sized bags.