Soon-to-be-Famous Baked Beans

Soon-to-be-Famous Baked Beans

You’ll be famous when you make these delicious baked beans for your next cookout.

1/2 lb. ground beef

1/2 lb. bacon, diced

1 cup onion, chopped

2 Tbsp. molasses

2 tsp. vinegar

1/4 tsp. chili powder

1/2 cup ketchup

1 tsp. dry mustard

1 tsp. salt

2 (151/2 oz) cans Bush’s Pork and Beans

1 (15 1/2 oz.) can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 (15 1/2 oz.) can butter beans, rinsed and drained

Brown the ground beef in a large skillet; drain fat and transfer beef to a Dutch oven or crock-pot. Fry bacon until crisp, reserving drippings. Drain bacon on paper towel and add to ground beef.

Saute onion in reserved bacon drippings until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer onion to ground beef mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bake, uncovered, in a 350-degree preheated oven for 40 minutes, or a crock-pot up to 3 hours. Serve hot.

Makes 12 servings