Date: Sun, 12 Mar 95 20:17:05 EST
From: "Aliza R. Panitz" (buglady@access.digex.net)
Old Fashioned Baked Beans
[recipe] [what I made]
1 lb. great northern or small 2 lbs mixed beans - Great Northerns,
white beans Romans, and random mix.
1 tsp salt (omitted)
1 tsp dry mustard 2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper 1/2 tsp black pepper from a bottle
dash of hot sauce 1 heaping tsp hot chili condiment
1/2 cup chopped onion 1 1/2 cup coarse chopped onion
1/4 cup molasses or honey 1/2 cup (scant) honey
1/4 cup brown sugar 8 tsp white sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup white vinegar
Presoak beans. Drain. Combine dry ingredients and mix with beans; stir
in other ingredients. Pour into 1 1/2 qt. or 2 qt. baking dish or bean
pot. [Obviously, if you double the recipe like I did, you'll need a
bigger pot :-] Pour in boiling water to cover. Cover. Bake at 300 degrees
for 6 hours; add a bit of boiling water if needed. (Crock-pot method: cook
on low 8-10 hours.)
Comments: I just dumped everything on top of the beans and stirred them;
then covered them with hot tap water. They took a lot longer than 10
hours to cook, but that might have been due to too-low heat on the crockpot.
(Also, reportedly vinegar and other acid substances need to be added at the
end of cooking else they'll make the beans tough.)
These beans were *really* good. The caramelized onions were even better.
I've enjoyed the beans plain, with barbecue sauce, and with spinach and
corn added.
Irrelevant comment: This is the closest I've followed a recipe (except
for baking) in years. I hope y'all are suitably impressed ;-)
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