Old Fashioned Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. Great Northern beans
1 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1 c. white sugar
1 large bottle ketchup
1/2 lb. bacon

Preparation

Soak beans overnight.
Cook 1 hour in plenty of water and salt. Drain.
Place in old fashion crockery bean pot and pour remaining ingredients over beans.
Place bacon strips on top.
Add about 2 inches water over all.
Bake 7 1/2 to 8 hours in oven at 275\u00b0 to 300\u00b0.
Never stir beans.