Easy Deluxe Vegan Baked Beans

This recipe takes canned baked beans and kicks up the flavor without a lot of work. Much nicer than just warming up a can and a lot easier than cooking beans from scratch. From My Vegan Cookbook.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 8-10

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1  teaspoon vegan butter
• 1⁄4 cup  finely chopped  sweet green pepper
• 1⁄2 cup  finely chopped onion
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1  teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 cup molasses
• 1  tablespoon soy sauce
• 1  tablespoon brown sugar or 1  teaspoon  agave nectar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 2 (28 ounce) cans  bush's vegetarian baked beans

Directions

1. 1Preheat oven to 400*F.
2. In a deep saucepan, simmer olive oil, vegan butter, green pepper, onion on medium heat ,stirring occasionally, until onions and peppers become softer, about 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and add tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, mustard, onion and garlic powder, molasses, soy sauce, brown sugar, liquid smoke and canned baked beans.
4. Mix together and pour into a 2qt. glass baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for about 45 minutes. Enjoy!