Outstanding Baked Beans (Crock Pot Recipe)

I was in the mood for baked beans to go with a Turkey breast I smoked this week.  Both turned out well.

Here is the Baked Beans Recipe.  I make it in a slow cooker.

Soak 1 pound of Great Northern beans overnight.

In a crock pot that has been sprayed with cooking spray add the following to the drained  beans and set to low (8 hours cook time)
1 can of tomato sauce
1/2 cup of real bacon bits
1 can of tomato paste
1 cup of beef broth
1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 tablespoon of pepper
1/2 tablespoon of garlic
1 medium onion finely diced.

At the halfway point 4hrs
Add 1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of agave syrup (agave is a healthier sweetener)(1/2 cup is as sweet as 1 cup of sugar)
Finish cooking

I like the slow cooker as I can put things on in the morning and they don't require much attention during the day.  You will want to cook the beans for eight hours on low or for two hours on high and four hours on low.  You can put the sugar and agave in at the beginning but the cooker will require more attention to make sure the beans don't stick.  It does take about 4 hours of cooking in the sugar mix for the beans to thicken up.

Enjoy

Bruce