Maine Yellow-Eyed Baked Beans (Bonus Recipe)
Ingredients:
2 lbs. Maine yellow-eyed beans
2 onions (chopped)
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
2 tablespoons of molasses
½ tsp. dry mustard
2 1/2 cup boiling water
½ lb. salt pork cubed (optional)
Directions:
Wash beans in a pot of cold water and let soak overnight. In the morning, remove and discard any beans that have floated to the top. Rinse beans again. Place beans in an ovenproof pot or bean pot. Add onions, sugar, salt, pepper, molasses, and dry mustard.
Cover beans with boiling water. Add salt pork. Cover pot and bake for 8 hours at 225 degrees to 250 degrees. Stir occasionally, checking beans for water and tenderness.
