Old-Fashioned Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
1 lb. pea or navy beans
water
2 tsp. dry mustard
dash of pepper
1 tbs. salt
3 onions, chopped
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
2 tbs. sweet pickle juice
1/4 lb. salt pork

Directions:
Wash and clean the beans. Cover with water and soak overnight.
Drain. Add 2 cups water, mustard,pepper, salt, onions, brown sugar, molasses, pickle juice.
Boil, covered, for about 1-1/2 hours. Beans should be wrinkled.
Heat oven to 250.
Cut salt pork into 1/2" cubes. Place in 2-quart bean pot. Cover with hot beans and their liquid. Sprinkle with pepper. Bake 8 hours, covered, until very tender. When beans are baking for 6 hours, add about 3/4 cup water or just enough
water to cover.
Uncover the pot the last 1/2 hour.
Old-fashioned flavor and worth the wait.

Boston Baked Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
2 cups navy beans, white beans, or Great Northern
beans
1 tsp. salt
1/4 lb. salt pork
2 tsp. dry mustard
5 tbs. dark-brown sugar
4 tbs. molasses

Directions:
Wash the beans thoroughly. Soak overnight in water to cover.
Add salt, stir and drain, reserving the liquid.
Preheat the oven to 350.
Cut off a third of the salt pork and place it on the bottom of the bean pot.
Add the beans.
Blend the mustard, brown sugar, and molasses with the reserved bean liquid and pour over the beans.
Cover and bake for 6-1/2 hours, adding water as needed.
Uncover for the final hour of cooking.
Taste and add salt, if desired.
You don't have to live in Boston to enjoy these
beans!

Easy Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
6 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
3 1-lb. cans baked beans
1 8-oz. can tomato sauce
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup catsup
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbs. prepared mustard
1 tsp. salt
5 drops bottled hot pepper sauce

Directions:
Cook bacon until crisp. Drain. Combine with beans. Add tomato sauce, onion, catsup, brown sugar, mustard, salt, and hot pepper sauce.
Preheat oven to 300. Bake, uncovered, in bean pot for 4-1/2 hours.
Some like it hot! Adjust that hot sauce to your liking.

Lazy Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 1-lb. cans pork and beans
2 tbs. brown sugar
1-1/2 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. prepared mustard

Directions:
Cook bacon until crisp and drain. Reserve 1-1/2 tbs. of the drippings.
Crumble bacon.
Cook onion in the reserved drippings until tender, but not brown.
Add to remaining ingredients, blending well.
Place in casserole. Bake, uncovered on grill, with hood down, for 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
Enjoy the outdoors while these beans are slowly simmering on your grill.

Out on the Range Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
1 32-oz. can baked beans
1 cup beer
1/2 cup very strong brewed coffee
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped tomato
4 hot dogs, cut into 1/2" pieces,
1 tbs. horseradish
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup barbecue sauce

Directions:
Blend all ingredients together. Place in oven-proof casserole.
Bake at 300 for approximately 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Add additional beer if beans seem to be drying out.
Great served at a campsite with all your other camping food.

Quick Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
4 cans (16 ozs. each) baked beans, drained
1-1/2 onions, chopped very fine
1 lb. bacon, diced, cooked, and drained
1 bottle (12 ozs.) chili sauce
2 cups packed brown sugar

Directions:
Combine all the ingredients. blend well and place in bean pot or casserole dish. Bake, uncovered (350) for 1 hour.
There's nothing wrong with "quick" on a hot, summer day.


Slow Cooker Beans
Arleen M. Kaptur
Ingredients:
1 can (16 ozs.) dark kidney beans, drained and
rinsed
1 can (16 ozs.) light kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (16 ozs.) pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ozs.) can unsalted diced tomatoes,
2 green peppers, cut into strips
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp. oregano leaves, crushed
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. sage
1/2 tsp. black pepper
water

Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in a slow cooker.
Add water to cover the beans.
Cook on HIGH for 6-7 hours.
No heating up the kitchen - let your slow cooker do all the work