READY WHEN YOU RETURN BAKED BEANS

By: Rebecca Wilson in the Caldwell Banker Cookbook p. 82.

Ingredients

Directions:
1 pound dried small white beans
6 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup molasses
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 pound salt pork
● Pour beans into slow cooker; add water and soak overnight or at least 6 hours.
● Cook covered on high for 2 to 3 hours or until beans are tender; drain, saving liquid;
return beans to cooker.
● Mix 1 cup of the liquid with salt, molasses, mustard, brown sugar and onion.
● Cut salt pork into 2 or 3 pieces.
● Pour molasses mixture over beans in the cooker and add the pork.
● Cover and cook on low for 10 to 12 hours.
● Keep hot in slow cooker until ready to serve.

May use the slow cooker as a serving dish.