My Famous Baked Beans

Just so you know, I'm not really a fan of baked beans. I despise baked beans in a can. But this, THIS recipe is absolutely TO. DIE. FOR. A friend brought these to a potluck meal at my house, and I was going crazy. I got the recipe from her and have been making it ever since, receiving many Oohs and Ahhs over them.

Baked Beans

Ingredients:

1 Large Can Van de Kamp's Pork & Beans

3/4 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter ('cause butter makes everything better!)

1 cup ketchup

2 slices uncooked bacon, chopped
3/4 Tbls Liquid Smoke

Mix all ingredients in an oven safe 5 quart pot. Bake in a 250 degree oven for as long as possible. I do this for at least 2-3 hours. If you need it soon, you can bake it at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. i haven't tried it in a crockpot, but I bet that would work too.

The last couple of times, I used half the butter it calls for, but if you use the whole stick of butter, it's very rich and dripping with yumminess. You can probably get at least 8-10 servings out of this batch, so I usually freeze half of it and use it up the next time we do BBQ. Yum.

Linking to Tasty Tuesday and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday