"There is no sincerer love than the love of
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- George Bernard Shaw
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Extraordinary Baked Beans
by Debbi DeSisto
These baked beans are extraordinarily easy to make. These will be the
highlight of any potluck dinner.
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This recipe was adapted from a recipe handed down to me by my mother
who used to slow cook this in an oven at 250 degrees all day long.
1 pound small dried white beans
1 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
2 tablespoons mustard
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6-1/2 cups water
1 pound bacon, cut into 1 inch strips
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon ginger
Directions
Combine all ingredients and place in crock-pot. Cook on low heat for 8 to 10
hours.
Who’s hungry? EVERYONE. Who has time to cook? NO ONE. Dig out
the slow cooker. Add a second and a third if you wish. Fill one with main-dish
fixins and the others with go-alongs. Do it in the morning—or between work and
after-school events. Come home to richly-flavored, ready-to-serve food.
Slow cookers are having a comeback. With good reason. They are friends on a
day of running errands. They allow easy entertaining with no last-minute
preparation. And vegetarians won’t find a better way to work with dried beans.
Slow cookers are gentle with the food budget—less expensive ingredients flourish
in their slow, moist heat. Fix-It and Forget-It offers the range of recipes slow
cookers do well: Appetizers and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes (with and
without meat), Vegetables and Go-Alongs, Desserts and Beverages. Bring an
element of simplicity—and quality—to your pressured life! Let your slow cooker
work for you.
