Friedel's Old-fashioned Baked Beans

Total Time: 16 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb pea beans
• 4 cups cold water
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
• 1/4 lb bacon, sliced (optional)
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight in cold water.
• 2 drain.
• 3 rinse beans, then place in a saucepan along with the cold water.
• 4 heat water to boiling and simmer beans for 30 minutes, then drain.
• 5 place onion slices in the bottom of a 6 cup casserole.
• 6 mix seasonings and turn into the pot.
• 7 add beans and water to cover.
• 8 arrange bacon on top, before covering and baking in an oven for 7 hours at 250 f.
• 9 in the middle of the cooking, when the beans have become soft enough, remove 1 cup of beans, mash and then stir back into the pot.
• 10 cover and continue to bake, adding water as needed to keep the beans just covered.
• 11 one hour before serving, remove cover to darken the beans.