Help! never cooked salmon! How long would i cook it for, for this recipe?!

Question: Help! never cooked salmon! How long would i cook it for, for this recipe?

i found this recipe for Salmon with Brown sugar glaze that i was going to try to make. However, the cooking instructions it came with is for 4 servings and i am only making 2 servings. I figured the measurements, just need help on the cooking time. I would like to cook it in the oven, i think this way will be the easiest and still be really good. I have never cooked salmon before so tips on cooking it would be helpful as well! for example do i wrap it in foil? how long do i cook it?
Thank you in advance!
here is the original recipe..

Salmon and Brown Sugar Glaze

Ingredients (4 servings)
* 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
* 4 (6 ounce) boneless salmon fillets
* salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack at about 6 inches from the heat source; prepare the rack of a broiler pan with cooking spray.
2. Season the salmon with salt and pepper and arrange onto the prepared broiler pan. Whisk together the brown sugar and Dijon mustard in a small bowl; spoon mixture evenly onto top of salmon fillets.
3. Cook under the preheated broiler until the fish flakes easily with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes.
(to bake instead of broil - 375 degrees for 30-40 minutes works well)

Answers:

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I agree with the first poster, no need for foil and the timing sounds way off. The timing has nothing to do with number of portions, since you are talking about fillets. All fish is done when no longer translucent and able to be separated with fork. Watch close, don't over cook!

Here's a similar recipe:

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Ingredients

6 - 4 oz Atlantic Salmon portions
1 tbsp McCormick Season Salt
1/2 tbsp Garlic Powder
1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Directions
Preheat oven to 425

Place salmon portions, evenly spaced, on a sheet of foil. Roll up edges of foil to help collect sauces.

Sprinkle seasoning salt and garlic powder evenly over salmon.

Spread brown sugar over seasoned salmon by hand, coating completely with about 1/8 inch of sugar.

Bake salmon for 8-10 minutes, or until it flakes easily with a fork. It is not necessary to turn the fillets if they are baked slowly.

Makes 6 - 4oz servings

Number of Servings: 6

First I wouldn't wrap in foil since I am assuming you want the glaze to caramelize somewhat. Second the baking time sounds a little long so I would check after about 15 minutes and go from there.

I would prefer to grill them so I could see what was happening.

My second way would be to grill them.

But if you wish to bake them, preheat your oven to 375F
Bake for about 10 minutes each side.

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