Maple Baked Beans
Serves: 5
Isabella Feil
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
40
Spice
47
Sweetness
53
Sourness
41
mins
Prep time (avg)
6.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2.5 cups
Water (very hot)1 cup
Light Brown Sugar1 cup
Dark Brown Sugar1 cup
Molasse1 cup
Ketchup1 cup
Cider Vinegar1.5 tsps
Dry Mustard1.5 tsps
Salt1.5 tsps
Ground Black Pepper (freshly)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F
2
Fill a stockpot with the beans and enough cold water to cover them
3
Bring the water to a boil and parboil the beans for approximately 20 minutes
4
Drain the water and reserve for later use
5
Place 4 salt pork cubes and half of the onion on the bottom of the bean pot
6
Fill the pot 3/4 full with beans
7
Add the Bean Goop
8
Fill the rest of the pot with the reserved water
9
Place the remaining cubes of salt pork and onion on top of the beans
10
Cover first with a layer of plastic wrap, then a layer of aluminum foil
11
Bake in the oven for 10 hours
12
Check beans at that time, blowing on them to see if the skin peels back
13
If so, they are finished
14
Time will vary depending on your oven and how long the beans were parboiled in the beginning
15
Cooking time could increase to as long as 12 hours total
16
In a large bowl or medium-size saucepan, mix the hot water with the sugars and molasses to dissolve the sugars
17
Then mix in all remaining ingredients
18
Set aside for use in the Baked Beans