Slow Cooker Maple Bacon Beer Baked Beans

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 1/2 lbs Great Northern beans
• 1/2 lbs Kidney beans
• 4 strips thick cut bacon
• 1 sweet white onion, chopped
• 3 tbs molasses
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup
• 2 cups smoked porter beer
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 3 tbs balsamic vinegar
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp mustard powder

Preparation

Step 1

Add the beans to a large bowl. Cover with water, refrigerate overnight (8 to 12 hours). Drain. (alternately, you can add the beans to a pot of water, bring to a boil, allow to boil for 3 minutes, turn off heat and allow to soak for 1 hour. Drain).
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium high heat, remove bacon from pan. Add the onions to the bacon grease, cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Chop the bacon.
Add the bacon, onions, drained beans and remaining ingredients to a slow cooker. Cook for 8 hours on low, stirring once or twice during cooking.