This recipe for bacon with pepper and brown sugar is very easy and the results are amazingly delicious. Bacon is delicious no matter how it's prepared, but this way somehow makes it extra special.
The ingredients are easy: bacon, black pepper, and brown sugar. That's it. Start by preheating the oven to 325° F. This temperature is very important. As the sugar will burn before the bacon is done if the temperature is even 25 degrees higher.
Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Make sure the baking sheets you use have sides on them as the bacon will make grease and you don't want to start a fire in the bottom of your oven. Lay the bacon on the paper without overlapping. If you use a pepper grinder, grind some black pepper all over the bacon, as much as you prefer, otherwise, just shake some on from your pepper shaker. I'm not really one for adding heat to my food in this manner, so I often aim for light, but in this recipe, I actually prefer a lot of pepper, but use as much as you feel comfortable with. You can always adjust it the next time you make it. Lastly, sprinkle each slice with brown sugar. Be generous with this, also.
Place in the 325° oven for about half an hour. Check after 20 minutes and every 5 minutes after that. Cook until they look like these in the pics. The amount of time will also depend on how thick the bacon is that you are using. I've made it with both thin and thick and while it's delicious both thicknesses, we seem to like it more on the thicker side.
Be warned, though. This amazingly awesome bacon is highly addictive. You will not be able to eat just one and there will be NO leftovers, at least there never is in my house. We often don't even make it to the table and just stand around the stove eating it off the baking sheets and burning our tongues like only slightly civilized cave men!
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