851. HOMEMADE BAKED YELLOW-EYED BEANS with BACON

yields 6 servings


2 cups beans, yellow eyed or navy beans or peas
12 cups water
1 medium sweet onion, peeled
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, fresh grind
1/3 cup molasses, dark
1/2 cup maple syrup, pure
1/2 lb bacon, slices hickory smoked or brown sugar bacon or maple bacon or pepper bacon, diced

Wash the yellow eyed beans in cold water. Rinse and soak in 12 cups of water overnight. Preheat oven to 250 degrees Drain the beans and cover with 12 cups of fresh water. Bring the water to a hard boil and simmer the beans, uncovered, until the skins split.(When they are blown on) Drain and put beans in large casserole. Hide the onion in the middle of the beans, buried down deep. Mix all ingredients except for the bacon and pour over the yellow eyed beans and onion. Mix the diced bacon into the bean mixture. Add enough boiling water to cover the beans, adding more boiling water during cooking, if necessary to keep the beans from drying out. Baked the covered beans in a 250 degree oven for 8 hours. Remove the lid during the last 30 minutes of cooking.


courtesy of: Family Oven