Granny Fearing's Kentucky Baked Beans Recipe

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 aluminum foil. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 1 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 From:

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