Boston Baked Beans in Slow Cooker Recipe

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Ingredients

2 lbs navy beans
10 cups water
3 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 lb bacon cut into 1 in cubes
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup catsup
2 cups reserved hot bean liquid

Preparation

Step 1

1. Wash and pick over beans. Put beans into pot. Add water, salt, onion and bacon. Mix well so that bacon is covered by beans. Cover pot.
2. Place pot on electric base and cook at setting #3 for 13-15 hrs or overnight until beans are tender. Cooking time may be reduced to 9-10 hours if beans are soaked 4-5 hours before cooking.
3. When beans are tender, drain bean liquid and reserve 2 cups of liquid. To beans, add molasses, brown sugar, dry mustard and catsup; stir. Add bean liquid; stir.
4. Cover and simmer beans on electric base at setting #3 for 2-3 hours. Keep warm for erving at setting #3. Makes 4 quarts.