Super Baked Beans
photo by Donna Luckadoo
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
- 1 lb dry navy beans or 1 lb dry great northern bean (2 1/2 cups)
- 1⁄4 lb bacon or 1/4 lb salt pork, cut up
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1⁄2 cup molasses or 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
directions
- Rinse beans.
- In a 4 1/2 quart Dutch oven combine beans and 8 cups cold water.
- Bring to boiling, reduce heat, simmer for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
- (Or, skip bioling the water and soak beans overnight in a covered pan.) Drain and rinse beans.
- In the same pan combine beans and 8 cups fresh water.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
- Cover and simmer about 1 1/4 hours or till tender, stirring occasionally.
- Drain beans, reserving liquid.
- In a 2 1/2 quart casserole or bean pot combine the beans, bacon and onion.
- Stir in 1 cup of the reserved bean liquid, the molasses or maple syrup, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and pepper.
- Bake, covered, in a 300 degree oven about 2 1/2 hours or to desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
- If necessary, add additional reserved bean liquid.
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Reviews
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We all enjoyed these beans and 'licked the platter clean'. When I tasted part way through cooking I felt the molasses overwhelmed the other flavours so I added in 1/2 cup ketchup to mellow it out a bit. I would certainly add the ketchup next time. We got rave reviews. I served Reciope #116185 with it. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
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