Home Baked Beans

Makes plenty to serve at a well attended potluck

This is one of my favorite dishes to prepare and serve when we head off to a Beach Watcher potluck. I get many requests for the recipe and am willing to share it. The recipe was from my father who loved creating new taste sensations in the kitchen.

2 pounds white beans scant tsp. salt		Cover beans with water and soak overnight. Rinse. Cover with fresh water and a scant tsp. of salt. Cook beans until soft 1 - 2 hours.
1 pound slab bacon - diced 1 large onion - chopped 3 cloves garlic - minced		Saute bacon until brown. Saute onion and garlic in bacon grease. Put the beans, their cooking water, bacon, onion and garlic in roaster pan.
1/2 - 3/4 pound brown sugar 1 small bottle ketchup 5 T mustard    (yellow French's kind) 1 tsp. cumin		Add to roaster pan.
1/2 - 1 cup molasses BBQ sauce celery seed chili powder Worcestershire sauce		Add molasses to roaster pan (for taste and color) ( I use 1 cup) Add other ingredients to taste. I usually use ... one jar of BBQ sauce - any flavor 1 tsp of celery seed 1 tsp chili powder 2 T. Worcestershire sauce Bake at 350 degrees for 1 - 2 hours. Can be frozen

Alice Blandin