All-American Baked Beans

Name: All-American Baked Beans
Yield: 10 to 12 portions
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 pound dried navy or Great Northern beans; 1 cup Chopped onions; 8 ounces slab smoked bacon, cut into ¼-inch cubes; 1½ cups (packed) dark brown sugar; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 6 tablespoons maple syrup; 2 cups ketchup; 6 tablespoons dark molasses; ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

10 to 12
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

One of those American classics, first created in the Puritan era in Boston. No cooking was allowed on the Sabbath, so they served beans Saturday night for dinner, for Sunday breakfast with codfish cakes and Boston brown bread, and again for Sunday lunch.

Ingredients

1 pound dried navy or Great Northern beans
8 ounces slab smoked bacon, cut into ¼-inch cubes

Americas
United States
Main course
Side dish

Method

Rinse and pick through the beans. Soak them overnight in a large pot of water.
Rinse the soaked beans well under cold water, and place them in a heavy saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid.
Preheat the oven to <