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Baked Beans with Bacon and Brown Sugar

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Recipe information

  • Total Time

    1 1/2 hr

  • Yield

    Makes 6 side-dish servings

Ingredients

1 (14- to 15-ounce) can crushed tomatoes in thick purée
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 (19-ounce) cans small white beans, rinsed and drained (4 cups)
1 medium onion, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
6 bacon slices (1/4 pound)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 400°F.

    Step 2

    Stir together tomatoes, brown sugar, mustard, and salt in a bowl. Gently stir in beans and transfer to a 2-quart shallow baking dish.

    Step 3

    Arrange onion slices in 1 layer over beans, then cover onion with bacon.

    Step 4

    Bake, uncovered, until bacon is browned and beans have absorbed most of liquid, about 1 1/4 hours.

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