Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans

Serves	8 to 10
Prep time	24 hours, 5 minutes
Cook time	8 hours
Total time	32 hours, 5 minutes
Meal type	Lunch, Main Dish, Side Dish, Snack
Misc	Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Hot
Occasion	Barbecue, Casual Party, Halloween
Region	American
By author	Karen Burns-Booth

Make your own hearty, healthy and tasty baked beans in a slow cooker/crock pot; these beans are perfect on toast or as an autumn, winter or BBQ accompaniment.

Ingredients

450g dried haricots beans
2 onions, peeled and very finely diced
4 thick streaky bacon rashers (finely chopped)
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
6 tablespoons molasses (or black treacle)
75g brown sugar
3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
2 teaspoons dry English mustard powder (or 1 tablespoon ready-made Dijon mustard)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
150mls water

Note

Make your own hearty Boston baked beans in a slow cooker/crock pot; these beans are perfect on toast or as an autumn, winter or BBQ accompaniment.

Directions

Step 1	Put the beans into a large bowl and cover with water to at least 4"/10cms above them, and soak overnight.
Step 2	Next day, put them into a large saucepan with fresh water and boil them for 10 minutes. Drain them well and spoon them into the crock pot/slow cooker.
Step 3	Add the remaining ingredients and mix well with a wooded spoon.
Step 4	Put the lid on the crock pot/slow cooker and set the temperature for low and cook for 8 hours until the beans are soft.
Step 5	You can start the beans off on high to cut back on the cooking time - cook on high for 3 hours and then on low for 3 hours.
Step 6	Serve the beans as an accompaniment to ribs, beef, bacon, ham or on toast for a hearty snack or light lunch.