Traditional Appalachian Baked Beans Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, bring beans, salt and 2 qt. water to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans and discard liquid. Return beans to pan. Cover with remaining water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender. Drain, reserving liquid. In a greased 2-1/2 qt. baking dish, combine beans, 1 cup liquid, onion, molasses, bacon, brown sugar, mustard and pepper. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until beans are as thick as desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Add more of the reserved cooking liquid if needed.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until bubbly.

Steps:

• Pick over the beans, discarding any stones and wrinkled beans. Rinse well and place in a large bowl. Add cold water to cover by 3 inches, cover, and let soak for 12 hours.
• Drain the beans and transfer them to a heavy saucepan. Add the cider and slowly bring the beans to a boil over medium heat. Gently boil, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and drain the beans, reserving the cooking liquid.
• Preheat the oven to 300°F (149°C).
• Layer half of the salt pork slices on the bottom of a 2-quart ceramic bean pot or other deep baking dish, such as a Dutch oven. Spoon the beans into the pot and then bury the onions in the beans.
• In a small saucepan, combine the molasses, dry mustard, and salt and place over medium heat until the mustard and salt dissolve into the molasses. Pour the mixture evenly over the beans and top with the remaining salt pork slices. Add the reserved cooking liquid to the pot. Add hot water as needed to cover the beans with liquid. Cover the pot.
• Bake for 4 hours, then uncover the pot and add more water (or cider) if the beans seem dry. Recover and continue to bake for 1 to 2 hours, until the beans are tender. Serve hot, directly from the bean pot.

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight, well covered with cold water.
• Pour off soaking water and pick over beans to remove any bad ones, or debris.
• Put beans in a pot.
• Cover with fresh cold water and add 1 tsp. baking soda.
• Bring to a boil and cook until skins of beans crack when you take one out on a spoon and blow on it.
• Cut onion in quarters and put in bottom of a bean crock or large casserole.
• Add the partially cooked beans.
• Put cut up salt pork on top.
• (Some people use the salt pork fat. I don't like fat, so I prefer to use the salt pork meat.) Combine brown sugar, molasses, mustard and salt with 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
• Pour over the beans.
• Add more boiling water, if needed, to come just to the top of the beans.
• Also, if needed during baking tme, add more boiling water.
• Bake, covered, at 300 degrees F for 6 hours, or until beans are tender.

Steps:

• FOR BOTH VERSIONS, soak the beans overnight in water.
• Drain, rinse and put beans in a large stockpot.
• Add enough water to cover beans along with the baking soda.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain beans and rinse.
• OVEN VERSION, preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Place the onion in the bottom of a 3 quart ovenproof casserole.
• Add half the bacon, add the beans and top with remaining bacon.
• Mix the sugar, molasses, mustard, salt and pepper together.
• Pour over the beans.
• Add just enough water to barely cover.
• DO NOT stir.
• Cover and bake for six hours (you may need to add a little water but be careful not to get the beans too wet).
• CROCKPOT VERSION, to fit into a 2 1/2 quart Crockpot cut ingredients in half.
• Place the onion in the bottom of the Crockpot.
• Follow with half the bacon, all the beans and the remaining bacon.
• Mix the sugar, molasses, mustard, salt and pepper together.
• Pour over the beans.
• Add just enough water to barely cover.
• DO NOT stir.
• Cover and bake for 7- 8 hours (you may need to add a little water but be careful not to get the beans too wet).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Drain pineapple reserving 1/3 cup juice.
• Combine ketchup, reserved pineapple juice, brown sugar, and ground mustard in a large casserole dish. Stir baked beans, sausage, and crushed pineapple into the ketchup mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until heated through, 30 to 35 minutes.