Smokey Blueberry Baked Beans

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Makes: 16 servings adjust
It's serviceberry (saskatoons in Canada) season, so I am using those instead.

Directions

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Dried Navy Beans

Step 1

Soak the beans overnight in cold water. Drain the liquid. Put the beans in a pot and cover with fresh, cold liquid. Simmer the beans on the stovetop until barely tender (1-2 hours). Drain and reserve the liquid.
 

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Ingredients

  • 1 Onion, finely diced
  • 1⁄2 pound Bacon, rough chopped

Step 3

Arrange the beans in a 2-quart pot or casserole dish, placing a portion of the beans in the bottom and layering them with bacon, blueberries, and onion.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons Molasses
  • 2 teaspoons Salt
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon Ground Dry Mustard
  • 1⁄2 cup Ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1⁄4 cup Brown Sugar

Step 4

In a saucepan, combine the molasses, salt, pepper, dry mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and pour over the beans. pour in just enough of the reserved bean water to cover the beans. Cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
 

Step 5

Bake the beans in the 325-degree oven until they are very tender (3-4 hours). Remove the lid about halfway through cooking and add more liquid if necessary to prevent the beans from getting too dry.
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