Super Baked Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb dry navy beans or 1 lb dry great northern bean (2 1/2 cups)
1/4 lb bacon or 1/4 lb salt pork, cut up
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup molasses or 1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Rinse beans.
In a 4 1/2 quart Dutch oven combine beans and 8 cups cold water.
Bring to boiling, reduce heat, simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
(Or, skip bioling the water and soak beans overnight in a covered pan.) Drain and rinse beans.
In the same pan combine beans and 8 cups fresh water.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
Cover and simmer about 1 1/4 hours or till tender, stirring occasionally.
Drain beans, reserving liquid.
In a 2 1/2 quart casserole or bean pot combine the beans, bacon and onion.
Stir in 1 cup of the reserved bean liquid, the molasses or maple syrup, brown sugar, dry mustard, salt, and pepper.
Bake, covered, in a 300 degree oven about 2 1/2 hours or to desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
If necessary, add additional reserved bean liquid.