Delicious Baked Beans

Step 1: Add the beans to a large bowl and cover with cold water and swoosh them around a few times with your hand to clean them. Drain the beans into a colander; discarding the dirty bean water.

Step 2: Repeat rinsing the beans 2 or 3 times until water is clear and clean.

Step 3: Add beans back to the large bowl and cover with water. Cover the bowl of beans with a lid or a large plate; set in the refrigerator overnight. (Make sure bowl is filled with water because the beans will absorb a bit while soaking overnight).

Step 4: Next morning, drain the beans in a colander and rinse one more time.

Step 5: Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Step 6: In a 3 quart bean pot or a deep casserole dish, add 3 slices of bacon to the bottom.

Step 7: Add half the beans on top of bacon.

Step 8: On top of the beans, add a few more slices of bacon and the sliced onion.

Step 9: Add the rest of the beans to the dish and then add the last slices of bacon on top.

Step 10: In a measuring cup or small bowl, add ½ cup of chicken broth, molasses, garlic, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Stir to combine; pour over beans.

Step 11: Last, cover beans with 2½-3 cups of chicken broth, making sure all the beans are covered.

Step 12: Cover bean dish with a lid or foil and bake the beans at 300 degrees for 6-8 hours or until beans are dark golden brown in color, and tender. Do not stir the beans! It will make them mushy.

Step 13: After about 2-3 hours of baking, check to see if beans need more broth. If the beans are not covered in liquid, add a little more broth (or water) at this time. (It usually needs a little more).

Step 14: Serve with kielbasa, hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, just about anything! Don’t forget the cornbread. Beans and hot buttered cornbread is a must! :)