Baked Beans With Ground Beef

Baked Beans

Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 lb. dried beans = 2 1/4 to 2 1/3 cups dried beans = 6 to 7 cups cooked beans
• 1 lb. beans
• cold water.
• ½ tsp. salt (optional)
• 3/4 cup salt pork cubes
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses 1 tsp. dry mustard
• a good splash of real maple syrup 1 very large onion

Method

1. Soak beans overnight in cold, salted water
2. Drain
3. Pour the beans into a large crock

Add All Other Ingredients except for the onion, and stir well

1. Fill the crock with hot water a few inches from the top, and stir well
2. Cover
3. Give the mixture an occasional stir once it gets bubbling
4. Add more hot water as necessary since the sauce will reduce during cooking before the beans are tender