I've been making a lot of things from scratch lately. Well I should say I've been doing that more and more than I already was recently :) I found a recipe for crock pot baked beans and made it. It was decent however it needed work. After some tinkering with ingredients and adding some of my own I am pleased with the creation. I served these baked beans at my sons third birthday party where everyone was very pleased with them...I even had requests for the recipe :)
1 pound dried beans (I used great northern but any white bean should work)
3/4 c. molasses
1/3 c. honey
water to cover beans
onion powder to taste (or you can chop up one medium onion)
1/4 c. mustard
1/4 c. ketchup (I make sure it's high fructose corn syrup free)
Tabasco hot sauce to taste
salt to taste
2 tablespoons potato starch dissolved in water
Soak beans overnight. In a pot, boil beans in water for 1 hour then drain. Put beans in crock pot. Add in molasses and honey. Add just enough water to just cover the beans. Add onion powder (or chopped onions) to taste, mustard, ketchup and Tabasco and salt to taste. Stir it all together, cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours. When beans are done mix potato starch in small amount of cool water and add to beans stirring until thickened.
These beans are so delicious! You will keep coming back for more and so will all your family! My boys could eat this all day if I'd let them and I don't feel bad serving it...no refined sugar and loaded with healthy protein!
