Home Made Baked Beans

By dlperkins

Ingredients

• 1 lb. dried Great Northern Beans
• 1 lb. thick cut bacon, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 jalapenos, chopped
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• vegetable broth
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp salt

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 510mins
Adapted from realhousemoms.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Soak beans overnight in a plastic container covered with cold water and stored in fridge.
the next day pre heat oven to 250 degrees
place large oven safe pot over med heat
add in chopped uncooked bacon, onion and jalapenos
cook about 5 min until the onions are soft
stir in tomato paste, brown sugar and molasses
(spray measuring cup with cooking spray before the molasses to help get it out easily)
Drain the beans, keeping the liquid stored in a measuring cup
add beans to pot
add enough vegetable broth to bean liquid to total 4 cups and add to pot
raise heat to high and allow to come to a boil
add cayenne, black pepper and salt
stir and cover pot with lid
place in the oven for 6-8 hours until the beans are soft

Instructions