OVEN BAKED PEPPER BACON

     Although this is not make ahead, it lets you make a large amount of bacon all at once.

    1 1/2 pounds sliced lean bacon
    2 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Arrange bacon slices in 2 jelly roll or shallow
     roasting pans, overlapping the lean edge of each slice with the fat edge of the
     next. 
    Evenly sprinkle pepper over bacon slices. Place pans on 2 oven racks and bake
     25 minutes, switching pans between upper and lower racks halfway through the baking,
     or until bacon is golden brown and crisp. 
    Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain; keep warm
    12  servings


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