Grandma Nonie's Baked Beans (Recipe)

 

Ingredients

2 cups dry navy beans

1 medium onion, chopped

1/3 cup light molasses

2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut cup

2 tablespoons catsup

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard

Dash pepper

Steps

1. Soak the beans in water overnight.  Drain, discarding the soaking water.  Place the beans in a saucepan with 8 cups fresh cold water.  Bring to boiling.  Cover and cook for 1 1/4 hours or until the beans are tender.

2. Preheat the oven to 325°.  Drain the beans, reserving 1 cup of the liquid.

3. In a 2-quart casserole dish, combine the beans and reserved liquid.  Stir in the onion, molasses, butter or margarine, catsup, brown sugar, salt, mustard and pepper.  Bake, covered, in the 325° oven for 2 hours.  Stir before serving.

Tips:

When your time to cook is short, make this dish using canned navy beans.  You'll need four 15-to 16-ounce cans.  Drain them, reserving 1 cup of the liquid.  Then combine the beans and reserved liquid with the remaining ingredients in a 2-quart casserole and bake as directed in the recipe.

If you prefer your beans with meat, add cooked sausage or cooked pork to the beans during the last half hour of baking.

You can use another type or variety of dry beans in this recipe.  Just make sure that the total equals two cups dry beans.

If you don't have molasses, substitute 1/2 cup brown sugar.

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