Molasses-Baked Onions

Serves: 3

Kendrick Gleason

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

49

Sweetness

49

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 cups

Water

2 tbsps

Unsalted Butter

Directions:

1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F

2

Peel and trim onions, keeping root ends intact, then halve each lengthwise

3

Arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish

4

Bring tomato juice, water, butter, molasses, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then pour over onions

5

Bake onions, uncovered, basting with juices every 30 minutes, until tender, about 2 hours

6

Lay 2 pieces of bacon side by side over each onion half and continue to bake onions, basting once with juices halfway through baking, until onions are very tender, bacon is browned, and juices are thickened, about 1 hour more

7

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F

8

Peel and trim onions, keeping root ends intact, then halve each lengthwise

9

Arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish

10

Bring tomato juice, water, butter, molasses, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then pour over onions

11

Bake onions, uncovered, basting with juices every 30 minutes, until tender, about 2 hours

12

Lay 2 pieces of bacon side by side over each onion half and continue to bake onions, basting once with juices halfway through baking, until onions are very tender, bacon is browned, and juices are thickened, about 1 hour more