DAILY RECIPE JULY 8TH: BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Boston Baked Beans

6 servings


Ingredients
2 cups navy beans
1/2 pound bacon
1 onion, finely diced
3 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
Directions
1.Soak beans overnight in cold water. Simmer the beans in the same water until tender, approximately 1 to 2 hours. Drain and reserve the liquid.
2. In a crockpot
3.Arrange the beans in the crockpot, meanwhile in pan cook bacon and onion until cooked, mix with the beans in crockpot
4.In a saucepan, combine molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour over beans. Pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans. Cover the with a lid .
5.cook on low heat for 10 hours and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.
6. last two hours take off the lid to thicken the beans