This Baked Beans From Scratch recipe is another winner from the Mennonite Girls Can Cook Cookbook. I’ve been using this cookbook like crazy lately and loving it.
Their recipes are so wholesome and just good old fashioned home cooking goodness. No frills, no fluff. Just honest to goodness food my family has been gobbling up. These beans are no exception. I whipped these up in crock pot and they were sooo easy to make!
Ingredients
1 pound dried small white beans
1 pound bacon, diced
2 medium onions, finely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, finely minced
1/3 cup tomato paste
1/3 cup ketchup
2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup molasses
1/3 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
4 cups water {reserved from beans}
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
Rinse beans, tossing any discolored or shriveled beans. In a medium pot, cover beans with a few inches of water and bring to a boil. Continue boiling for 2 minutes and then remove from heat, cover and let stand 2 hours. Drain beans, reserving water.
Fry bacon in a large pan and drain excess drippings. Add onion and saute until the onions have softened.
Toss bacon and onion mixture along with the remaining ingredients into a crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve hot or cold!
Melissa says
I <3 you. I have looked for awhile for a baked beans recipe from scratch and haven't found one that looked worth making….now I have! Do you happen to have a chili beans recipe so I can stop that search too? 🙂
Thank you for rocking Mavis!
Mavis Butterfield says
No, but I will add it to my list Melissa. 🙂
lynne says
I haven’t yet found a homemade baked bean recipe that I like…I am a Bush’s Best fan in heart I guess! This does look good, though, and I will try it but cut the recipe in 1/2 to do so. Thanks for all you do!! Lynne in MN.
Lana says
I have wanted to try this recipe but really balk at a whole pound of bacon in baked beans. I think I may give it a try with a good spoonful of bacon grease, after all I am a Southerner!
Colorado girl says
Mavis, looks great! Do you know approximate number of servings? Thanks!
Mavis Butterfield says
I would say 12.
Carrie says
You say to reserve the water after the quick soak. Do you add it back in the crockpot with the other ingredients? Thanks!
MiJa says
What do you do with the water from the beans that had been soaked?
Mavis Butterfield says
Add it back to the crock pot when you add all the remaining ingredients in.
Crystal says
What kind of ‘small white beans’ are those please?
Mavis Butterfield says
Hi Crystal, they are Navy beans.
Caroline says
Yum. I am so making these, just picked up some navy beans from Aldi’s today. Been looking for a recipe for this for awhile.
Ed says
Yes a quick question, what do I do with the reserve bean water?
Ed says
I’m sorry I should look at the recipe better. I see to add 4 cups of reserve liquid. Great site.
Jessica says
I’m excited to try this recipe, but I’m trying to make for 80 people for my daughter’s birthday party. How much should I multiply by? I didn’t see a serving size or how much it makes total (# of cups).
Mavis Butterfield says
I would say it would feed 10 as a side dish. So x8 the recipe. 🙂 Have fun.
Carey says
These are in my crock pot now. Can’t wait!
Billy Bryan says
Beans are in crock pot right now, I switched the jalapeño to cayenne( Louisiana thing lol)
Margaret Ashba says
I made this baked bean recipe using my crock pot. I was somewhat disappointed as they never thickened as the picture shows. The taste was okay but needed to be sweeter, so I added 1/2 cup of brown sugar. The bacon lost it’s flavor from cooking so long. I recommend adding the fried bacon after the beans have cooked for eight hours. The bacon will flavor the beans as they cool.
Tanya says
Would soaking the beans overnight be equivalent to boiling them?
Thanks!
Christy says
My daughter wanted homemade baked beans and my homemade baked beans are usually a can of baked beans doctored up . I didn’t have any baked beans! I found this recipe and substituted the dried beans with one can each of black beans, garbanzo beans, and chili beans (rinsed). The beans were delish!