"Better Then Bush's" Baked Beans

"I'd have to say that this is a labor of love dish, but I give you my word that this recipe is better than Bush's. Enjoy! Oh, and also this recipe is easily doubled. In fact, I think it turns out better when it is."
 
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photo by Alice A. photo by Alice A.
photo by Alice A.
photo by Alice A. photo by Alice A.
Ready In:
49hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a very large sauce pan cover the beans and bouillon cubes in 3 inches of water.
  • Bring to a boil, cover, and let sit for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Drain and pour beans into a 9'x11' pan.
  • Add the rest over the ingredients, stir, and bake until all the water has evaporated, about 3 hours.
  • Remove from oven, cover, and let sit overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Add the next 5 cups of water, and bake until all the water has evaporated, about 3 hours.
  • Serving suggestions: Challah bread, steak, hamburgers.

Questions & Replies

  1. The instructions say... "Bring to a boil, cover, and let sit for 1-1/2 hours." So... does this mean to leave the burner on or to turn the burner off? Also, What does "1 package great northern beans" actually mean? I think a weight or volume measure would be much better...
     
  2. This recipe calls for 1/4 CUP of garlic powder. This seems like a lot to me. Has anyone else tried the recipe with this amount of garlic powder? What did you think? Too much? Or works well?
     
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Reviews

  1. Oh my god!!! I can't believe how good these beans were! LOL. I made these for a family get-together when I had the 2 days to make it, and wow, it was so worth it. Thank you so much for this recipe. I will be making it again!
     
  2. VERY GOOD!! I made a tripple batch for a BBQ-Party! Delicious, Thanks for the recipe. I will definitely use it many more times! I made it in a slow cooker, turned out wonderful! I used a little less brown sugar and chili powder and I put some chili paste in it to give it a little more pep!
     
  3. Its one lb dried northern beans everyone give it a try that way.
     
  4. Very frustrated that the amounts of some main ingredients were not specified in the recipe and now I wish I would have left this recipe alone. I used the amount of beans another cook suggested (2 pounds) which I found to be far too many. The beans took hours longer to cook, a lot more water and the flavor wasn't that great. If you decide to add the amount of beans and bacon to use I will try it again, RockinChef. This information seems pretty important and I'm not sure how everyone else got this to turn out so well.
     
  5. Wow these were really good! I'm not a huge bean maker so I got confused in certain parts like are you suppose to boil the beans for 1 1/2 hours? Anyway besides having to cook these a lot lot lot longer than it said, there's definitely no need for us to buy the expensive bush's beans anymore!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Ok, you guys. This is going to sound really weird, but I just moved back to Louisiana after many years in South America and had Bush's baked beans for the first time in forever. I swear there is guava paste in it. I shouldn't even know what guava paste is, and I wouldn't if I hadn't lived down there for so long... not to mention it seems like a really odd thing to put in baked beans, but I guess an exotic ingredient could make for a nearly uncrackable secret recipe. Does anyone else here know what guava paste tastes like and feel me on this? Please don't let me be the only one! Roll that beautiful bean footage...
     

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Hello, My name is Elena Lisben and I live in Stafford, Virginia. I an corrently an actress at the Riverside Dinner Theatre, and love what I am doing. I also love to weightlift, cook, swim, dance, sing, and play with my dog Luther and cat Gigit. Also in my spair time I write hard rock songs and head bang to KoRn, Disturbed, Taproot, Mudvayne, AFI, Audioslave, Adema, and god there are so many more. Well, anyway, I do hope you love my recipes, and if you don't, please tell me what you think I should change. I love to hear what people think about my cooking. :)
 
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