These baked beans from scratch are made by combining navy beans, molasses, and maple syrup to make this classic dish at home.
Ingredients
- navy beans, soaked overnight and: 1 cup (drained)
- water: 4 cups
- ketchup: 0.25 cup
- maple syrup: 0.25 cup
- brown sugar: 2 Tbsp
- molasses: 2 Tbsp
- Worcestershire sauce: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.125 tsp
- chili powder: 0.125 tsp
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Place beans in a large saucepan with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Stir ketchup, maple syrup, brown sugar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and chili powder together in a small bowl; set aside.
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Once beans have simmered for 1 hour, drain, and reserve cooking liquid. Pour beans into a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish; stir in chopped onion and molasses mixture. Stir in enough reserved cooking liquid so sauce covers beans by 1/4 inch.
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Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C) and cook 6 hours longer, stirring beans after they have cooked for 3 hours. Once beans are tender and sauce has reduced and is sticky, remove from the oven, stir, recover, and allow to stand 15 minutes before serving.
