The Best Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe
The Best Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe - delicious baked beans that are bursting with flavor right from the slow cooker!
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 195kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ lb uncooked bacon chopped
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 2 28oz. cans Bush’s vegetarian baked beans
- ? cup molasses
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup coke
- ¼ cup dijon mustard
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet, cook the chopped bacon and yellow onion until the bacon is almost cooked. Remove from heat and add the bacon, onions, and drippings to a crockpot.
- Then add the beans, molasses, brown sugar, coke, mustard, bay leaves, and vinegar.
- Cook on low heat for 5 to 6 hours or high heat for 3.5 to 4 hours.
- Remove bay leaves before serving.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- You can also prepare the whole batch in advance of a party or potluck and reheat in the crockpot.
- Slab bacon or salt pork may also be used in this recipe.
- Coke can be omitted from this recipe or replaced with dr pepper or root beer.
- These beans are on the sweeter side, feel free to add in a jalapeno pepper or two to add some heat or reduce the light brown sugar to ? cup.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 465mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g