Special Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. dry navy beans (4 c.)
water
ham bone
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. molasses
1 Tbsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 c. catsup

Preparation

Rinse beans well.
Put in large saucepan.
Add water to cover. Cover and bring to boil (medium heat).
Boil gently 2 minutes. Remove; let stand covered 1 hour.
Add ham bone and additional water to cover.
Return to medium heat.
Bring to boil.
Lower heat; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours until tender.
Add water as needed to keep beans covered.
Preheat oven to 300\u00b0.
Drain beans, reserving liquid.
Put beans into a 4-quart baking dish.
Add sugar, molasses, salt, mustard, ginger, pepper, catsup and 1 cup of bean liquid.
Stir to mix well.
If needed more bean liquid to cover beans.
Bake, covered, at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours.
Uncover; bake 1 hour to brown a little.
Makes 12 large servings.
Can refrigerate 4 days or freeze.