Kathie Oh's Recipe

Baked Beans

Category: on the sidelines

2 cups navy beans
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 Tbsp chopped onion
1 cup boiling water
1/2 pound piece salt pork



Wash beans, discard imperfect beans. Cover with water and soak overnight, or cover with boiling water and soak 4-5 hours. Drain, cover with a large amount of boiling salted water; boil slowly for 1 hour. Drain, combine salt, sugar, molasses, bay leaf, mustard, onion and water and add to beans. Pour into bean pot. Score rind of pork and press into beans, leaving the rind exposed. Cover beans with additional water, (boiling) and bake in 300 deg F oven for 4 hours. Remove cover for last 1 1/2 hours cooking.