Hart Stillwell's Baked Beans Recipe

These Baked Beans reheat well and keep refrigerated for several days.

• Meal Type: Sidedish
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 2 pounds cooked navy beans or other white beans
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar (or less)
• 3/4 cup strong black coffee
• 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup catsup
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 4 slices slab bacon, chopped
• 1 carrot, finely grated
• 2 tablespoons unsulphured dark molasses
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into a baking dish. Bake the beans, uncovered, about 1 1/2 hours, or until they have thickened and cooked down, with a "skin" just beginning to form on the top of the beans.