Monday, December 21, 2009

Crock-Pot Baked Beans

1 lb. dry great northern beans
5 1/2 c. boiling water
1/3 c. molasses
1/3 c. brown sugar
1 onion, chopped
10 strips of bacon
1 T. mustard
1 t. salt

Spray crock with nonstick spray or use a liner. Rinse beans in a strainer. Fry up bacon, reserve 1/2 grease and saute chopped onion until translucent. Chop up bacon strips and put all ingredients into crock-pot. Pour boiling water in last and stir. Cook for 13-14 hours, on low for 10 hours and on high for the last 3. That is what worked best in my Crock-Pot, stir occasionally throughout cooking time and once an hour at the end. Adjust cooking temperature and time to suit.

This recipe is great for making baked beans from scratch! You can get it ready a head of time, it doesn't take up oven space and you don't have to worry about the beans when you are preparing the rest of the meal!

1 comment:

  1. Dry beans do take a long time in the crock-pot. Mom tried them once and they were nowhere near done when she wanted to serve them. The hard part is the planing ahead. Gina

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