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boston baked beans

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Donna Parker
Marblehead, MA

Made these right before the big flood of May 2010 in Nashville. Sweet cornbread would go great with this.

(1 rating)
yield 12 or more
prep time 30 Min
cook time 5 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For boston baked beans

  • 1 lbs pkg
    dry navy beans
  • 1-2 lg
    vadalia onions
  • 1 1/2 c
    brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 tsp
    yellow mustard
  • 1 jar
    sourgham syrup
  • 1 pkg
    salt pork or bacon ends
  • 1-2 tsp
    baking soda
  • water to soak beans overnight

How To Make boston baked beans

  • 1
    Empty beans in a bowl. Pick out any beans that look bad. Cover with water and soak them overnight.
  • 2
    Next morning dump beans and water into a pot. You can rinse and add more water to beans if you like. Heat beans with the baking soda added to the pot. Reserve the liquid.
  • 3
    Mix 2 cups of reserve liquid with brown sugar, dry mustard and molasses. Set aside.
  • 4
    I use a small crock pot. I layer onions slices, beans and salt pork or bacon ends. Pour reserve liquid and continue to layer till nearly full.
  • 5
    Cover crock with foil and put a cookie sheet on rack below to catch any spills. I add a little extra molasses and brown sugar after an hour or two of cooking. Check beans so they do not dry out and burn. If needed I add some reserve liquid not used in the process.
  • 6
    Oven should be low 250 degrees to 275 degrees max. Cook till beans are tender 5 hours or more.

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