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Oven cooked sausage on a baking sheet.

Oven Baked Sausage

Cooking sausage in the oven is easy. Simply preheat your oven, line a baking sheet with parchment or foil, and bake. The sausage comes out juicy and tender each time.
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 pound sausage, see note
  • Serve hot.

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400℉.

    Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.

    Five raw Italian sausage on a parchment lined baking sheet.

  2. Cook until sausage is brown and cooked through. The internal temperature should be 165℉.

    For even browning, flip sausages halfway through cooking.

    Cook small sausages and patties for about 20 minutes.

    Cook large sausages for about 30 minutes.

    Five oven cooked sausage on a baking sheet.

  3. Serve warm. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to three days.

Recipe Notes

Ingredients Notes

  • Any type of fresh (raw) sausage may be used. Links or sausage patties both work with this recipe.
  • Cook as many or as few sausages as you need.
  • Small sausages and patties cook faster than larger sausages. 
  • 400℉ is a suggested temperature. Sausage may be cooked in an oven set to 350℉ to 425℉