My Mom throws her beans together without a recipe, and one day I stood by her and wrote it all down.
1 lb. great northern beans, soaked overnight. Rinse them off and put them in a big pot and cover with water. Bring them to a boil, without the cover. Then simmer, with the cover, for 1 1/2 hours. Drain bean liquor into a bowl.
1 large onion, sliced
Mix together:
1/4 c. molasses
1/4 c. maple syrup granules or 1/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1/8 tsp. pepper.
Fill bean pot with 1 1/2″ beans. Put 1/2 of the sliced onions in. Saturate with ketchup.
Put 2″ of beans in pot. Cover with the rest of the sliced onions, molasses mixture and ketchup.
Put the rest of the beans on top. Put enough bean liquor in to cover the beans.
Bake for 8 hours in 300 degree F oven. After 4 hours, check to make sure beans are still saturated with liquid. If not, add more bean liquor to cover beans.
Here’s my Mom’s bean pot, sans lid, that I ended up with somehow! (Don’t look at that stupid pot-holder. It was a freebie I got from somewhere).
And here’s the beans I made a couple of weeks ago. I made another pot yesterday, mmmmm. They’re great for picnic lunches!
