Old-Fashioned Baked Beans

* Exported from MasterCook *

Old-Fashioned Baked Beans

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beans

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cups dried navy beans (Great Northern) -- 1 1/2 lbs.
3/4 pound salt pork
1 medium onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/2 cup light molasses
1/4 cup ketchup

1. Wash beans, discarding imperfect ones. Cover beans with 2 quarts cold
water; refrigerate, covered, overnight.
2.Next day, turn beans and water into 6-quart kettle.
3. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, covered 30 minutes. Drain,
reserving liquid.
4. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
5. Trim rind from salt pork. Cut pork almost through ,at half-inch intervals.
6. Place onion in bottom after 4-quart bean pot or casserole. Add beans; bury
pork, cut side down, in center of beans.
7. Heat reserved bean liquid to boiling.
8. Mix remaining ingredients. Stir in 1 cup boiling bean liquid. Pour over
beans. Add boiling liquid just to cover beans--about 1 1/2 cups.
9. Bake covered, 6 hours. Stir once every hour, so beans cook evenly. If they
seem dry after stirring, add a little boiling water.
10. To brown top of beans, remove cover for last half hour of baking time.

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