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Baked bacon

You know how cooking bacon can be. It spatters and you have to drain the grease.

I've tried that microwave rack "As Seen on TV" but you spent 20 minutes wiping down the inside of the microwave.

So, I saw where you can bake bacon in the oven. And it turned out great. And the smoke alarm didn't go off. And there wasn't a mess on the ceiling of the oven. And there wasn't much grease.

It is really simple. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Then remove the foil and crinkle it up. (Don't get too vigorous or it'll take you 10 minutes to un-crinkle it.)

Then put the foil back on the cookie sheet and bend up the edges a bit to create a little wall around it all.

Then lay the bacon strips on the foil. I cut the strips in half because I was making BLTs.

Don't let the strips touch each other.

Throw them in the oven and then turn it on to 400 degrees. (No pre-heating needed.)

Check it after 17 minutes. That should be about right. No more than 20.

Place the strips on a paper towel with a plate under it.

The bacon looked like it shrunk a little more than usual, but that could be the bacon itself.

Clean up was very easy. You just wait for it to cool, then roll up the foil and toss it out. A quick wipe-down of the cookie sheet with a paper towel and it's ready to wash.