Baked Beans

By RossanaV

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups dry pinto beans
• 1 1/2 cups dry kidney beans
• 1/2 cups dry Great Northern beans
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 cups water
• 5 teaspoons dry mustard
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 pound bacon, chopped

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 90mins
Cooking time 270mins

Preparation

Step 1

Sort beans. Rinse well and drain. Add beans to a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 30 minutes or until beans are softened. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 1/2 hours. Drain and return beans to Dutch oven.

Heat oven to 300 F. Add onion, ketchup, brown sugar, 3 cups of water, dry mustard, molasses, salt and bacon to beans. Stir to combine. Bake, covered, for 3 hours. Uncover beans and bake an additional 20 to 40 minutes or until beans are tender. Serves 24.