Maple Baked Beans

8 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

  1. 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. 2
    Ladle out and reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
  3. 3
    Preheat oven to 300F.
  4. 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. 5
    Bake beans, covered, adding water at hourly intervals to keep mixture just covered, 5 hours.

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