Mom's Homemade Baked Beans

By Addie

I learned to make these babies from my mom, Marilyn - who taught me at a very young age that food from scratch was the best. She is a great cook. These old fashioned homemade baked beans are requested for parties and picnics every time I attend (and my Mom before that). Now you can make these at home the night before you serve them for best flavor.

I could eat these cold for breakfast the next day, they are that good. I put them over homemade mashed potatoes with butter. You may bake these in the oven; I use a crock-pot.

Ingredients

• 2 (28-oz) cans of pork and beans, I use Van Camps or Busch's
• 1/2 cup homemade brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard
• 1/2 large onion, chopped
• 1 lb bacon, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 cup Heinz ketchup
• 1/2 cup Baby Ray's honey BBQ sauce

Preparation

Step 1

In a dutch oven, fry the bacon pieces and onions together until onions are translucent and the bacon is cooked; not crispy.



Combine the beans with bacon and onion on medium-low heat. Add the ketchup, barbecue sauce and mustard. Stir carefully, and heat until very hot and the beans begin to bubble. Take off heat and cool. Place them covered in the refrigerator.



REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT. If you are not going to do this, don't make this recipe, because this is critical for the flavor to develop properly.


To reheat and take to your outing or for dinner, you may place them in a crock pot on high for a good three hours or pour into a greased 2 quart casserole dish and reheat in the oven at 350 degrees for an hour. Enjoy.