Maple Baked Beans

• 2 cups dried navy beans, picked over and rinsed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, chopped fine
• 1/2 pound bacon, chopped
• 8 cups water
• 1/2 cup Grade B maple syrup (or Grade A maple syrup flavored with 3 drops maple extract, or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon English-style dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

1. In a 7 1/2-quart ovenproof heavy kettle measuring about 12 inches across combine beans, onion, garlic, bacon, and water and simmer, covered partially, 1 hour.
2. Ladle out and reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
3. Preheat oven to 300F.
4. In a bowl stir together reserved cooking liquid, maple syrup, mustard, and paprika until combined well and stir into bean mixture with enough additional water to just cover beans.
5. Bake beans, covered, adding water at hourly intervals to keep mixture just covered, 5 hours.

navy beans, onion, garlic, bacon, water, maple syrup, mustard, paprika

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/maple-baked-beans-10104 (may not work)