Whipple family baked beans

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Dried Beans (Yellow-Eyed, Kidney or Pea), soaked overnight
1 Pc Salt Pork (3\" Square)
1 Onion -- whole or sliced
2 tablespoons Molasses

Directions

Soak beans overnight in cold water. Next morning, boil the beans in 4 cups of water until they look as if they will burst when you blow on them. Drain and transfer to a 1-qt bean pot or pottery casserole.

Make 1" gashes every ½" in the salt pork, without cutting through the rind. Then push it into the beans with just the top showing. Add the onion and push it down. Add the molasses and 1 cup of water.

Cover the beans and cook in a 250 F oven for 4 hours. If too dry, add a little more water. After 4 hours, raise the temperature to 350 F, remove the cover, and brown the top for 1 more hour.

Mrs. Whipple's note: "Don't add ketchup to the baked beans--that's not the old-fashioned way. If you like, add ½ tsp dry mustard, 1 Tbs brown sugar and a bit more molasses." Recipe By : An American Folklife Cookbook - ISBN 0-8052-3914-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-16-95 (159) Fido: Cooking

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