HOMEMADE BAKED BEANS

These homemade baked beans are requested at every family get together, and the only baked bean recipe (actually the only one I have kept) that I make. I learned to make these from my mom, Marilyn. I could eat these cold for breakfast the next day - they are that good. I put them over homemade mashed potatoes with butter. You may bake these in the oven; I use a crock-pot.

MOM'S BAKED BEANS

2 (15 oz) cans of pork and beans, I use Van Camps or Busch's
3/4 cup homemade brown sugar, packed
2 TBS yellow mustard
7 slices of bacon, cut in small pieces
1/2 cup homemade ketchup
(okay, Heinz will do)
2 TBS homemade BBQ sauce (I use Baby Ray's Honey bbq sauce when in a hurry)
1 sweet onion, chopped

In a dutch oven, fry the bacon pieces and onions together until onions are translucent and the bacon is cooked; not crispy.

In the dutch oven, combine the beans with the bacon and onion on medium heat. Add the ketchup, barbecue sauce and mustard. Stir carefully, and heat until very hot and the beans begin to bubble. Take off heat and cool.

REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT. If you are not going to do this, don't make this recipe, because this is critical for the flavor to develop properly.

To reheat and take to your outing or for dinner, you may place them in a crock pot on high for a good three hours or pour into a greased 2 quart casserole dish and reheat in the oven at 350 degrees for an hour. This is up to you and what you feel most comfortable with.