Super Baked Beans

Super Baked Beans

Ingredients:
beans, snap, green, raw
bacon, meatless
onions, raw
syrup, maple, canadian
sugars, brown
mustard, prepared, yellow
salt, table
spices, pepper, black

Directions:
Rinse beans.
In a 4 1/2 quart Dutch oven combine beans and 8 cups cold water.
Bring to boiling, reduce heat, simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
(Or, skip bioling the water and soak beans overnight in a covered pan.)
Drain and rinse beans.
In the same pan combine beans and 8 cups fresh water.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
Cover and simmer about 1 1/4 hours or till tender, stirring occasionally.
Drain beans, reserving liquid.
In a 2 1/2 quart casserole or bean pot combine the beans, bacon and onion.
Stir in 1 cup of the reserved bean liquid, the molasses or maple syrup, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and pepper.
Bake, covered, in a 300 degree oven about 2 1/2 hours or to desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
If necessary, add additional reserved bean liquid.