The Best Slow Cooker Baked Beans (Dad's Recipe) recipe

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Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans
4 cups water, or more as needed
½ cup molasses
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon dry mustard
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ pound salt pork, thinly sliced
1 onion, sliced

Nutrition Info

374.3 calories
carbohydrate: 54 g
cholesterol: 12.2 mg
fat: 12.4 g
fiber: 13.9 g
protein: 13.5 g
saturatedFat: 4.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 508.2 mg
sugar: 17.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place the navy beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water, let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and transfer beans to a pot, add enough water to cover beans.

  2. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer until beans are slightly tender, about 1 hour.

  3. Mix 4 cups water, molasses, brown sugar, salt, mustard, and pepper together in a bowl until smooth.

  4. Mix beans, salt pork, and onion together in a slow cooker. Add molasses mixture and more water to cover beans if needed, stir well.

  5. Cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe was handed down from my dad. I adjusted it to go into the slow cooker. It's a lot easier. Just set it and forget it.

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