From-Scratch Style Baked Beans

Name: From-Scratch Style Baked Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Soul Food, Southern Recipes, American
Ingredients: 0.5 lb Bacon; 0.75 cup Brown Sugar; 1 tsp Garlic Powder; 29 oz Great Northern Beans; 3 tbsp Ketchup; 3 tbsp Molasses; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 1 cup Water; 1 tbsp Yellow Mustard; 2 whole Yellow Onion

Side Dish 🥗 Soul Food 🇺🇸Southern Recipes 🇺🇸American

From-Scratch Style Baked Beans bring a rich, smoky-sweet flavor with crisp bacon, brown sugar, and molasses rounded by a gentle tang of mustard and vinegar. Creamy Great Northern beans soak up the sauce as they bake, making a comforting side perfect for cookouts, potlucks, or a cozy weekend dinner. Serve warm alongside grilled meats or roasted mains.

Prep15 mins
Cook55 mins
Serves8
DifficultyEasy

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 1/2-quart baking dish.
2

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; drain on paper towels and let cool. Crumble the bacon once cooled.
3

Combine the bacon, beans, onions, water, brown sugar, ketchup, molasses, vinegar, mustard, salt, and garlic powder in the prepared baking dish. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
4

Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, 45 minutes.