Baked Beans Ala Carolyn

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb great northern dry beans
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup catsup
• 1 teaspoon salt (the original recipe called for 1 tablespoon( we like less)
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 onion, medium size
• 1/4 lb bacon

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight--be sure water is around 2 inches above beans--they will expand overnight.
• 2 parboil beans in a.m. around an hour and 15 minutes--the skins at that point should "blow back" when gently blown on.
• 3 quarter onion.
• 4 cut bacon in 2 inch pieces.
• 5 mix remainder of ingredients together.
• 6 place beans in bean pot, or if you don't have one, in an ovenproof baking dish. put onions and bacon on top. pour rest of ingredients over beans. add enough of the bean cooking liquid to cover the beans about 1/2 inch (to allow for evaporation during cooking). cover.
• 7 place in 300 oven, and bake for around 4 hours. check for liquid and doneness at 3 hours--if liquid seems to be cooking down below beans, add enough to just cover. continue cooking until done.