This old-fashioned baked beans recipe is great for impressing non-cookers because it is really easy to make.
Ingredients
- water: 10 cups
- navy beans: 2 cups (dried)
- slices crisply cooked bacon, crumbled: 8 piece
- onion: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- packed brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- molasses: 0.25 cup
- salt: 1 tsp
- water: 3 cups
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Bring 10 cups water and navy beans to a boil in a large pot; cook at a boil for 2 minutes. Stir bacon, onion, brown sugar, molasses, and salt into water.
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Carefully pour mixture into a slow cooker.
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Cook on High, stirring occasionally, for 4 hours.
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Stir 3 cups water into mixture. Continue cooking until beans are tender, about 2 hours 15 minutes more.
