Time machine - Easiest way to restore information???

Hey there,
Fairly new to Mac but getting there slowly but surely.
Managed to succesfully backup my MacBook Pro information (Applications, data, etc etc.) into and External HD previously formatted for Mac.
In case something bad happen to my MBP (kknock on wood)...
QUESTION
Is there an easy way to restore the information back to a newly formatted HD in a Mac?
or better phrased, how to restore the infrmation from the Time Machine Backup back in to a newly formatted computer???
Instead of doing it manually, because looking at the backup structure it may be a bit complicated to locate all known information to bring it back to a MBP without digging and playing forensics on the backup folder structure....
Thanks for your input.

If you re-install a new system, you should get an option for Setup Assistant which will allow you to choose your Time Machine backup and it will restore it for you.
Set up a New Mac
You should have more than one backup. Hard drives do fail.

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