June 2020

1 pound dry Great Northern Beans (cooked)

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 pound bacon, diced
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard

Soak beans over night in cold water.

Cook 10 minutes with about 1 teaspoon baking soda. Drain, rinse well.

Cover with hot water and cook until tender (about one hour). Add hot water if needed.

Add rest of ingredients. Cover and bake gently for three hours at 300 degree oven.

Remove cover last half hour of baking to brown.

Barbara always used a bean pot casserole dish with cover.

Attachment is the recipe I got from Mom Humphrey in the wedding file box 1982. Well used as you can see from the spatters on the card. Barbara still makes better beans than I do. Must be the “mom” touch.

Quick Baked Beans – Barbara Humphrey

Baked Beans – Jack Rabbit Recipe

Baked Beans Barbara Humphrey

From the package of Jack Rabbit Great Northern Beans (brand)

Conventional Cooking Instructions

Quick Soak – Rinse and sort beans in a large pot. To one pound of beans (2 cups) add 6 to 8 cups hot water. Bring to a rapid boil, boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for one hour. Drain soak water and rinse beans.
Overnight Soak – Rinse and sort beans in a large pot. To 1 pound of beans (2 cups) add 6 to 8 cups cold water. Let stand overnight or at least 6 to 8 hours. Drain soak water and rinse beans.

Cooking Instructions – Add 6 cups hot water to drained and rinsed beans. Simmer gently with cover lid titled until desired tenderness is reached, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

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