Old Fashioned Boston Baked Beans

Total Time: 7 hrs Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb pea beans
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/2 cup ketchup, to be added near the end of cooking
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper or 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
• 4 cups hot water
• 2 slices bacon, chopped (i used thick slices of bacon, chopped)

Recipe

• 1 rinse beans; discard any discoloured ones. in large saucepan, soak beans overnight; drain. add water to cover by at least 2 inches. bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes; drain.
• 2 in bean pot or 8 cup casserole, spread onion slices.
• 3 add drained beans.
• 4 combine molasses, tomato paste, sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard, pepper and hot water.
• 5 pour over beans and top with chopped bacon.
• 6 cover and bake in 250 degree oven for 6 hours; uncover and add about 1/2 cup ketchup -- and stir. add more water if you need to. bake uncovered for another hour.