Nolte'S Serious Beans

• 1/2 lb. bacon, cut up, browned, drained and reserved
• 1 lb. Polish sausage, thin sliced and browned
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans
• 1 (15 oz.) can butter beans
• 1 (15 oz.) can lima beans
• 1 (15 oz.) can homestyle baked beans
• 1/2 c. ketchup
• 1/2 c. dry red wine
• 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1 or 2 cloves garlic
• black pepper to taste
• Tabasco to taste (add last)
• 1 to 2 Tbsp. bacon fat

1. Start with skillet.
2. Brown the bacon; drain and reserve. Brown the Polish sausage; set aside.
3. Saute the chopped onion in the remaining bacon fat.
4. Open the kidney beans, butter beans and lima beans; drain in colander.
5. Combine the remaining ingredients, except bacon fat, with above ingredients.
6. Mix all above ingredients together with the bacon fat.
7. Bake, uncovered at 350u0b0 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
8. Serve hot or at room temperature. Better the second day.
9. (I usually double recipe.)

bacon, sausage, onion, kidney beans, butter beans, beans, beans, ketchup, red wine, brown sugar, dry mustard, garlic, black pepper, bacon fat

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=686931 (may not work)