Maple Baked Beans

I decided to try something with my Crock Pot Baked Beans recipe. A really simple switch, I subtracted the sugar and molasses, and added 3/8 cup of Maple Sugar. As you can note in the linked article, and as I found out using Maple Syrup in my Coconut Flour Banana Bread, Maple is about twice as sweet as cane sugar. So I dropped the 3/8 cup each of sugar and molasses, and substituted 3/8 cup of Maple Sugar.  It came out very good!  A hint of maple flavor but not too sweet.  I think you could go to 1/2 cup and not be too sweet. I may try that in the future.

I'm not going to reprint the whole recipe here, if you have some maple sugar or REAL maple syrup and want to give it a try, check the basic recipe using the link above and make the substitution as noted.

I bet you like it!

Crock Pot Baked Beans

This is a recipe I had originally posted on an old blog, I'm reposting it now because I'm going to try something next week to give it a bit of a twist.  So if you want to compare them, make this one now!

1lb white beans (Great Norther, Navy, etc.)

1/2# bacon, cut into 2" to 3" pieces

1 large onion, diced

3/8 cup molasses

3/8 cup sugar

1/2 tsp ground white pepper

1/2 tsp dry mustard

2 Tbs Worcestershire Sauce

3/4 cup catsup

Sort, rinse and soak the beans overnight.  I put them in a 3qt saucepan so that there's about 1-1/2" water over the beans

the next morning dump the beans and water into the crock pot, add everything else, stir it up.  Make sure you have about an inch of liquid over the beans.  Cook for 8 hours on low setting, checking every now and then to make sure the liquid level is still above the beans.  If you're going to be gone you can add a little extra water. The beans should be done in 8 hrs (they always are in mine), if not let it keep cooking until they're done.

There you have it, a delicious pot of baked beans!  Enjoy!!!