Granny Fearing's Kentucky Baked Beans

1 lg Onion -- finely chopped

12 oz Heinz ketchup

1 tb Yellow mustard

1 1/8 c Light brown sugar -- packed

1/8 c Molasses

1/8 c Heinz sweet gherkin pickle

Juice 1 t Apple cider vinegar

Salt -- to taste Ground black pepper -- to Taste 1/2 lb Smoked bacon -- thickly

350 degrees. Combine pork and beans, onion, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, molasses, gherkin juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper to taste in a 2-quart casserole. Top with strips of bacon in a crisscross pattern. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in preheated

350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. Remove foil for last

30 minutes of baking.