Baseball Beans...

Baseball beans are a family favorite.

The recipe started with my sister-in-law who got the recipe from a school cookbook

and then made some changes of her own.

Since then, I have made a few slight changes as well.

{My sister-in-law, is fairly new to the blogosphere, 

so why not pop in and give her a welcome!

Her blog is My Heart 4 Home.}

Baseball beans are something like a baked bean and something like an all in one hearty casserole.

We love them for picnics, barbecues and potlucks...actually we love them any time!

(I've only met one person who doesn't like them and she doesn't like beans in any way shape or form.)

Here's the recipe:

BASEBALL BEANS

(the source of the name is a mystery)

Brown:

1 lb. hamburger

1 lb. bacon (I used a 12 oz. pkg. instead.)

and 2 medium onions, chopped (I used one large onion)

Drain off fat.

In crock pot or dutch oven add:

2 - 15 oz. cans pork and beans

2 - 15 oz. cans kidney beans (drain off most of the liquid)

2 - 15 oz. cans butter beans (or another bean of choice-drain off most of the liquid)

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar (I omit this)

1/2 cup ketchup

1/3 cup molasses

1 teaspoon dry mustard (I use 1 1/2 teaspoon)

2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce

Add hamburger, bacon and onion to bean mixture and stir everything together.

Cook in crockpot on high for 4 hours,

or in dutch oven with lid on bake at 350 for an hour.

Enjoy!

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