Home Style Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. cooked navy beans
4 slices bacon or salt pork, cut in small pieces
1 1/4 c. tomato catsup
1 Tbsp. Fuji molasses or other brand
1/2 tsp. black pepper
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. white Karo syrup
1 Tbsp. salt
3 strips bacon, cut in half crosswise for top of beans

Preparation

Place 1 pound of beans in a large bowl and cover well with water to which 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda has been added.
Let it stand overnight.
Next day, drain and add fresh water to cover. Cook gently in covered pan until tender, about 1 hour (depending on quality of beans).
When done, drain off excess water, but do not leave beans to dry (leaving about 1/2 cup of the liquid).
Add 1 cup of the catsup to the beans, 4 slices of bacon, salt and pepper. Make a paste with the cornstarch, syrup, 1/4 cup catsup and molasses.
Add all to the beans.
Pour into a well-greased baking dish.
Arrange 6 half slices of bacon over top.
Bake, covered, in a 275\u00b0 for about 3 hours, removing cover towards end.
If they boil over while baking, keep cover slightly ajar.