Old Fashioned Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 lb soup beans
• 13 c brown sugar
• 1 tsp dry mustard
• 12 c ketchup
• 12 c bean broth
• 6 strips bacon
• chopped onion optional

Directions

1. Soak beans overnight
2. Rinse beans thoroughly and drain
3. Cover beans with water and cook until tender
4. Drain beans and save water
5. Set aside
6. Mix brown sugar and mustard together
7. Add ketchup and bean broth
8. Blend together
9. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan Add 12 beans and about 3 strips of bacon
10. Then add remainder of beans and 3 more strips of bacon
11. Add the ketchup sauce over entire pan
12. Use a knife to mix around beans
13. Add chopped onions if desired
14. Bake for 1 12 hours at 300