LC's famous ginger cookies~and more soupy-chicken recipes~

[aileen]

make some New England baked beans~~have them with good hot dogs like nathan's and brown bread ... it's the yankee saturday supper~ do it from scratch, soak dried white navy beans overnight first.

use lots of molasses, bacon, brown sugar, onion, and slow cook for hours in low oven. i don't measure a damn thing.

it's good to have a ceramic bean pot.


2 cups navy beans
¹⁄₂ pound bacon
1 onion, finely diced
3 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground black pepper
¹⁄₄ teaspoon dry mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
¹⁄₄ cup brown sugar
Directions
1.Soak beans overnight in cold water. Simmer the beans in the same water until tender, approximately 1 to 2 hours. Drain and reserve the liquid.
2.Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
3.Arrange the beans in a 2 quart bean pot or casserole dish by placing a portion of the beans in the bottom of dish, and layering them with bacon and onion.
4.In a saucepan, combine molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour over beans. Pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans. cover.
5.Bake for 3 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until beans are tender. Remove the lid about halfway through cooking, and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.

When I make baked beans: I add ground beef, brown sugar and BBQ sauce and cook them in a crock pot. Never fails that if I take this to a pot luck, someone always wants the recipe.