Maine Baked Beans
- 2 lbs dried soldier beans
- 1/2 lb salt pork
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 medium onion
- Pick over the beans and soak them overnight in cold water.
- In the morning drain and then boil them in fresh water until the skins crack when blown upon.
- Quarter the onion and place in the bottom of Crock pot.
- Add the beans.
- Cut through the rind of the salt pork and place pork on top of the beans.
- Mix the sugar, molasses, mustard and pepper with 1 pint of boiling water.
- Pour this over the beans. Add more water to almost cover beans.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours or if pressed for time, turn on high for a while and then turn down to low until done.
soldier beans, salt pork, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, worcestershire sauce, pepper, onion
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/maine-baked-beans-249567 (may not work)