Mom's Baked Beans

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb dried navy beans
• 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 lb bacon

Recipe

• 1 rinse beans. soak overnight in 4 cups of water.
• 2 drain, measuring water. discard the soaking water and add fresh water in an equal amount. (this makes the beans less 'gassy').
• 3 add remaining ingredients except bacon.
• 4 bring to a boil and cook for 1 1/2 hours. remove from heat.
• 5 cut bacon into 1/4" pieces. stir into the beans and put the mixture in a 10 cup casserole or a bean pot.
• 6 bake, covered, at 250f for 7 hours.
• 7 after 4 hours, remove one cup of beans, mash and stir back in to thicken juice.
• 8 check occasionally during cooking and add a little more hot water if it starts to get too thick.