Mother Earth's Baked Beans recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound thick-cut bacon
1 pound ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 ⅓ cups brown sugar
½ cup barbeque sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray's® Honey)
½ cup ketchup
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 (28 ounce) can baked beans (such as Bush's Original®)
2 (16 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 (16 ounce) cans Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
2 (16 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained and rinsed

Nutrition Info

394.2 calories
carbohydrate: 58.4 g
cholesterol: 27.7 mg
fat: 9.8 g
fiber: 11.2 g
protein: 20.8 g
saturatedFat: 3.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 888.3 mg
sugar: 20.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, reserve about 2 tablespoons bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble bacon and transfer to a slow cooker.

  2. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in bacon drippings in skillet over medium heat until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer ground beef mixture to the slow cooker.

  3. Mix brown sugar, barbeque sauce, ketchup, mustard, molasses, liquid smoke flavoring, black pepper, and chili powder in a bowl, pour over ground beef-bacon mixture. Stir well. Add baked beans, kidney beans, Great Northern beans, and pinto beans, mix well.

  4. Cook on Low for 6 hours, refrigerate overnight for 8 hours. Reheat in slow cooker until warmed, at least 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

Slow-cooked richness in a fast-paced world, this hearty recipe is sure to add comfort and satisfy the largest of appetites. You'd swear it was almost homemade.

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