Friday, January 1, 2016

GRANDMA PARSON'S BAKED BEANS


OVEN - 350 degrees

INGREDIENTS:

2 lbs. Great Northern (or Navy) beans uncooked
2 lg. onions chopped
salt/pepper to taste
1/4 cup molasses
4 TBSP brown sugar
1/2 lb bacon or 1/4 lb. salt pork

DIRECTIONS:

Wash beans and place in a cooking kettle. 
COVER beans with water to 2 inches above beans.
SOAK beans overnight

ADD enough water to cover expanded beans.
ADD onions, salt and pepper.
BRING to a BOIL and let SIMMER until beans are TENDER.
STIR in sugar and molasses.

PLACE beans in a baking dish and place strips of bacon on top.

BAKE at 350 degrees uncovered approximately 1 hour or until they reach desired thickness.

* Was always a favorite at family gatherings in Bainbridge, NY




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