Best Moms Famous Baked Beans Recipes

CROCKPOT BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Rinse and pick through beans thoroughly. (You want to pick out any bad beans that are cracked, darker then the rest, has holes or is shriveled. Also keep an eye out for small rocks - I rarely see these but I know it can happen.)
• Combine beans, onion, dark brown sugar, molasses, apple cider vinegar, mustard, water, and black pepper in a 6 quart slow cooker. (Bacon gets added here if you are using.)
• Stir just until ingredients are combined. Cover and cook on low until the beans are tender, about 12 hours.
• Stir in salt to taste and additional pepper if desired. Start with half a teaspoon and go from there.
• Turn slow cooker to warm until ready to serve.

MOM'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a plate with a paper towel. In a saute pan over medium heat, add the bacon. Cook until tender and cooked but not crisp, flipping once, about 8 minutes. Remove to the paper-towel lined plate. Let cool and then chop.
• To the pan with the bacon drippings, add the onion and cook until tender, soft and translucent, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, another 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• To a large bowl, add the baked beans, molasses, dark brown sugar, barbecue sauce and bacon mixture. Pour the mixture into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and bake, uncovered, for about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

BAKED BEANS FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Place dried beans in a container that can be fitted with a lid. Pour fresh water over beans until the water is at least 1 inch above beans. Seal container shut. Soak beans for 8-12 hours.
• After soaking, drain beans. Add soaked beans to a large stock pan. Cover beans by 1 inch with fresh cold water.
• Bring water to a rapid boil, and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour. Drain cooked beans well.
• After soaking the beans, you can speed up the process by cooking the soaked beans in the Instant Pot.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add in the sliced bacon. Cook until bacon begins to render fat and then stir in the chopped onion. Saute bacon and onions together until onions begin to soften and bacon is browned and slightly crisp. This should take about 5-6 minutes. Drain off excess fat off bacon.
• Mix together tomato sauce, brown sugar, molasses, maple syrup, dried mustard, vinegar,apple juice, water, and salt together. Add in bacon and onion mixture and cooked beans and gently stir to combine.
• Pour bean mixture into a 2-quart oven-safe dish. Beans should be pretty well submerged in liquid and mixture should be relatively loose. If there does not seem to be enough liquid in the baking dish, add up to 1/2 cup additional water or juice. Cover pan with foil or oven-safe lid.
• Bake covered for 2 hours. Uncover and bake for another 30-40 minutes, until thickened.

MOM'S BAKED BEANS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon and onions in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine beans, molasses, mustard, salt, tomatoes, brown sugar, dry mustard, ham, onions and crumbed bacon. Mix well and transfer to a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Bake in preheated oven, covered, for 1 hour. Uncover and bake for 1 hour more.

MOM'S FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans in a pan of water overnight then drain before cooking.
• Boil the soaked beans until the skins crack when you blow on them. (With a spoon lift some out of the water and blow on them. If the skins crackle, they are done). This step is important because the beans don't really soften up any more while baking and you don't want them to be too hard.
• Drain beans and place them in bean pot. (We use a ceramic pot with a tight lid).
• In a saue pan, bring the rest of the ingredients to a boil.
• Once everything is melted and mixed, poor the mixture over the beans in the pot.
• Make sure the liquid covers the beans. If it doesn't add more water.
• Bake in covered pot at 250 for about 4 hours. Check periodically to make sure the liquid level doesn't get too low. The liquid will thicken as the beans bake but you should have a little juice so they are not too dry.

MOM'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat 8 cups water and beans to boiling over medium-high heat. Boil uncovered 2 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand 1 hour; drain.
• Heat oven to 350°F. In same 5-quart Dutch oven, cook and stir salt pork over medium-high heat 5 to 6 minutes, until lightly browned. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boiling over medium-high heat. Cover; place in oven and bake 1 hour.
• Stir beans; remove cover. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender and of desired consistency. If desired, transfer beans to a casserole for serving.

MOM'S FAMOUS BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Mix first 8 ingredients, lay kielbasa slices on top.
• Bake for 1 hour.