Recipe - Casserole Bean Bake

1 pound Dry Navy Beans
6 cup Water
2 teaspoon Salt
One half cup Catsup
One half cup Chili Sauce
One fourth cup Brown Sugar; packed firmly
6 sl Bacon
2 tablespoon Molasses
2/3 cup Onion; chopped
One fourth teaspoon Dry Mustard
One fourth teaspoon Ginger
1 One half cup Bean Liquid

Combine beans, water and salt in a large pan. Cover an simmer till almost
tender, about 1 One half hours. Drain beans but save the liquid to use later.
Combine chili sauce, brown sugar, molasses, onion, mustard and ginger and
stir in bean liquid. Mix with cooked beans. Pour into casserole or heavy
skillet. Top with slices of bacon. Bake in a low oven 300°, 1 One half to 2 hrs.
If beans become dry during baking, stir in a little more bean liquid or
water.

Serves 6 8

Source: Recipes Out of This World Women of St. Agnes Catholic Church
Charleston, WV 1969

Recipe by: Mary McCormick (McCormick's Jewlers)

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Bill Spalding billspa@icanect.net on Feb
26, 1998