Slab Bacon Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 Lb. Dried Navy or Yellow Eye beans
• water
• 1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1/4 Lb. Slab Bacon or salt Pork
• 3/4 Cup Pure maple syrup
• 1 T. salt
• 1/2 T. Dry mustard

Directions

1. Soak beans Overnight in 6 Cups Cold water.
2. Drain And Put Into a Large Cooking Pot.
3. Add water to Cover beans, About 6 Cups.
4. Bring to a Boil, Cover And Cook at a Slow Boil For 30 Minutes.
5. Drain, Reserving Cooking water.
6. Combine beans With Chopped onions;
7. Spoon Half Into Bottom of 2 1/2 to 3 Quart Bean Pot.
8. Score Slab Bacon, Cut in Half And Put 1 Piece on Top of beans.
9. Spoon in Remaining beans.
10. Mix Syrup, salt And Dry mustard With 1 Cup of Bean Cooking water. Pour Over beans. Add More Bean Cooking water if Needed to Cover beans.
11. Place Remaining Slab Bacon on Top.
12. Cover And Bake in a 325 Oven For 6 Hours. Add More Bean Cooking Liquid if Needed. Uncover For The Last Hour.

Makes 6 to 8 Servings.

Source: Marlboro Country Cookbook

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