Aunt Bev’s Baked Beans

Sweet and just a bit savory, this summer cookout staple is sure to wow, from the backyard to the campground.

Food styled and photographed by Carla Witt Ford

Aunt Bev’s Baked Beans

Sweet and just a bit savory, this summer cookout staple is sure to wow, from the backyard to the campground. Try them on that Beanie Weenie hot dog we mentioned.

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Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2 pounds Maine soldier beans
• 1 medium onion optional
• ½ pound salt pork
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• ½ teaspoon pepper dash of salt

Instructions

 

• Pick beans over and soak them overnight in cold water.
• In the morning, parboil beans until skins crack when you blow on them.
• If onion is used, dice and place in bottom of bean pot. Add parboiled beans.
• Cut through rind of salt pork to a depth of ½ inch and place on top of beans.
• Preheat oven to 300°.
• Mix sugar, syrup, mustard, pepper, and salt with 1 pint of boiling water. Pour over beans and pork. Add more boiling water to cover beans.
• Bake uncovered for 6 hours or more, checking periodically to add water as beans cook.

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