Indiana Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 qt. dried navy beans (4 lb.)
4 qt. water
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. salt
3 1/2 tsp. prepared mustard
2 c. ketchup
1 c. molasses
1 large onion (2 1/2 to 3-inches in diameter)

Preparation

Soak beans in a large kettle overnight.
Simmer about 1 hour in water in which
they were soaked.
Mix together sugar, salt, ketchup, molasses and mustard.
Add to beans.
Lay onion on top. Bake, covered, at
300\u00b0
for
5
hours.
Add
boiling water if necessary to keep beans
from
becoming
dry.
Remove the onion before serving.