Sweet And Sour Baked Beans

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 4 slices bacon, thick & diced
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup chili sauce
• 1/4 cup dark molasses
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 dashes tabasco sauce
• 1 lb dried great northern beans
• 1 (14 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained and halved

Recipe

• 1 cook beans acording to basic directions on the package. drain.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 in a large frying pan on medium heat, cook bacon. when bacon has released some grease, put in the onion, garlic and celery and simmer until tender, constantly stirring.
• 4 to this add the brown sugar, tomato sauce, chili sauce, dark molasses, salt, pepper and tobasco.
• 5 in a 3 quart casserole, add the warmed ingredients to the beans and stir. add in the pineapple and combine.
• 6 cover and bake for 1 hour at 350f -- then uncover and bake for 15 more minutes.