It’s also the easiest way to make bacon.

I use this time to make myself another cup of coffee.

The bacon sits in its rendered fat and essentially fries in it, becoming crispy more quickly.

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To follow Marthas method to a T, youll need to rotate the sheet pan halfway through.

Although I’ve accidentally forgotten to do this countless times and my bacon still turns out great.

Carefully transfer the bacon to a paper towel to drain.

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It’ll get a little crispier as it cools.

You could also reserve a portion of the sheet pan forfrozen hashbrownsor toast.

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