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
Tomato Juice (12 fluid ounces)1.5 cups
Water2 tbsps
Unsalted Butter1 tsp
Salt (to taste)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