Granny Fearing’s Kentucky Baked Beans

GRANNY FEARING'S KENTUCKY BAKED BEANS

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21 oz Can pork and 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

Sliced Preheat oven to 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

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

30 minutes of baking.

Serve hot or cold. Beans may be prepared up to one day ahead and refrigerated. Warm in 350 degree oven for no more

than 20 minutes.

Chef's Note: This is a "Dean's Cuisine Recipe" from

Dean Fearing's weekly segments on KDFW-TV in the

Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Dean Fearing is the executive

chef of The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas.

Recipe By : Dean Fearing

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