Baked Beans

[Taminator]

My Husbands Grandmother used to make him homemade baked beans with white navy beans. No one has the old receipe, and I have made several attempts to make them from scrtach, and he said they were not the same as Grandmas.
Does anyone have an old receipe for Baked Beans, with salt pork? Apparently, molasses wasnt used in her's.
Thank You.

Taminator

[Susann]

Boston Baked Beans

1 pound navy beans pea beans or, other small dried white beans
1/2 pound salt pork
1 medium onion diced
4 each garlic cloves fine
1 cup tomato puree
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons black pepper freshly ground
1/4 cup prepared mustard dried
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup molasses
2 each bay leaves
3 tablespoons cider vinegar

Directions
Pick through beans and discard off-colored or broken ones.

Rinse and drain beans.

Remove rind from half of salt pork.

Cut into 1/2andquot; squares.

Cut other half into 3/4- to 1andquot; thick strips to equal 4 or 5 strips, with rind attached.

Set aside.

Line bottom of earthenware crock or bean pot with 1/2andquot; squares of salt pork and onion.

Place beans on top.

Bring 1 quart water to boil in saucepan.

Add garlic, tomato puree, salt, pepper, mustard, maple sugar, molasses, bay leaves and vinegar.

Simmer 1 minute. Mix well and pour over beans.

Score strips of salt pork crosswise, about every inch, without cutting through.

This prevents strips from curling while cooking.

Place strips on top of beans and liquid.

Cover pot and bake at 250'F. 5 hours, checking occasionally (first at 2 hours, then every hour), to be sure liquid is just barely covering beans.

Add more water as needed.

After 5 hours, remove cover of bean pot and cook 1 hour more.

Remove strips of salt pork and stir pot before serving.

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Easy Version
Homemade Baked Beans


2 cans of pork & beans, drained
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tsp. regular yellow mustard
2 tblsp. ketchup
1/2 to 2/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 lb. bacon, chopped, cooked, & salt and pepper to taste drained

Fry bacon and drain off grease. In a casserole dish, put beans, mustard, ketchup, and salt & pepper. Mix well. Next add 1/2 to 2/3 c. of brown sugar. (this depends on what kind you use in order to mimic molasses; if using dark brown sugar then only 1/2 cup; add bacon and onion.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 mins to 1 hour, or until beans are hot and most (but not all) of the juice is absorbed.


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Susann