Cousin Ellens Baked Beans Recipes

THE BEST BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned and crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the paprika and toast, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add the tomato sauce, molasses, bourbon, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.
• Add the beans and 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, then cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Bake until the beans are tender, about 3 hours. (If the beans are still slightly firm, continue cooking, stirring every 45 minutes and adding more water if necessary to just cover.)
• Once the beans are tender, uncover and increase the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake until the beans are thick and browned, about 1 more hour. (Again, if the beans need more time, continue cooking, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary.) Remove from the oven and thin with water if necessary.

EASY BAKED BEANS FOR 1 OR 2

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in small oven-safe dish.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 15 minutes, give or take a few minutes depending on whether you like your beans soupy or thick.

BERNIE'S WHITE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Drain small amount of liquid off of beans. Cook bacon until done,crumble bacon.
• Drain grease from pan (reserving enough to fry onions).
• Fry chopped onion and bacon in grease until onions are soft.
• Mix with rest of ingredients.
• Bake in a greased baking dish for 1 hour at 3350F uncovered.

QUICK & EASY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In an oven or microwave proof bowl thoroughly stir all ingredients together until well mixed.
• Bake in a 350 oven 40 minutes to an hour, stirring about halfway through cooking time.
• Or cover with waxpaper and microwave approximately 10 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time.

COUSIN ELLEN'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 9x12 baking dish w/ nonstick spray.
• Slice the uncooked bacon into 1 to 2" pieces.
• Fry lightly over medium heat , stirring occasionally, until it begins to crisp up around the edges.
• Scoop out the bacon and set aside in a bowl. Do NOT drain.
• SAVE the bacon grease that is in the skillet. (optional, see step below).
• Throw the onions into the skillet with the bacon grease and cook long enough to wilt them a bit. Stirring them around in the hot grease a couple of minutes or so.
• NOTE: You have 2 options here: 1) remove the cooked onions and reserve them for the recipe or 2) add both the onions & bacon grease to the recipe. I found no difference, one way or the other, so I toss it.
• Combine the first 5 ingredients into a large bowl: beans, water, dark brown sugar, corn syrup and ketchup. Stir.
• Add the onions AND the grease from the bacon pan. Stir gently until mixed with bean mixture. Add 1/2 of bacon to the beans, stir to combine.
• Pour mixture into a 9x 12 prepared baking dish or any oven safe serving dish.
• Top with the remaining bacon pieces.
• Bake UNCOVERED for approximately 3 hours at 350°F . Watch so that it doesn't dry out. It will be thick and look very dark and almost caramelized when it is done.
• NOTE: You can stretch the recipe by adding an additional can or 2 of beans without compromising the end result. No need to add any other ingredients.
• I DO NOT recommend making this in the crock pot.