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    Old Fashioned Baked Beans


    Source of Recipe


    saunny62


    List of Ingredients


    • 1 pound dry navy beans or dry great northern beans (about 2 1/3 cups)
    • 1/4 pound bacon or salt pork, cut up
    • 1 cup chopped onion (1 large)
    • 1/2 cup molasses or maple syrup
    • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper


    Instructions


    1. Rinse beans.
    2. In a large dutch oven, combine beans and 8 cups of water.
    3. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
    4. Simmer for 2 minutes.
    5. Remove from heat.
    6. Cover and let stand for 1 hour.
    7. Or, place beans in water in dutch oven.
    8. Cover and let soak in a cool place for 6 to 8 hours or overnight.
    9. Drain and rinse beans.
    10. Return to dutch oven.
    11. Stir in 8 cups fresh water.
    12. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
    13. Simmer, covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
    14. Drain beans, reserving liquid.
    15. In a 2 1/2 quart casserole, combine the beans, bacon and onion.
    16. Stir in 1 cup of the reserved bean liquid, molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt and pepper.
    17. Bake, covered in a 300 degree oven about 2 1/2 hours or to desired consistency, stirring occasionally. If necessary, add additional bean liquid.
 

 

 

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