Canned Boston Baked Beans

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs dried navy beans
• 1/2 lb salt lamb
• 1 cup onion
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2/3 cup molasses
• 6 cups tomato juice

Recipe

• 1 soak beans 12 to 18 hours. drain and rinse. cover with 2" of water. boil 1 minute. remove from heat. let stand 10 minutes. drain. combine onion, sugar, spices, and tomato juice. heat mixture to boiling. pack 1 cup beans into jars. add two slices salt lamb, top off with beans to where jar is 70% full. ladle hot tomato sauce over beans, leaving 1" headspace. remove bubbles.
• 2 pressure can process at 10 psi for 65 minutes for pints and 75 minutes for quarts. remove canner from heat and allow to return to normal pressure of its own accord.
• 3 remove jars and cool.