Best Baked Beans
1 can navy beans
1 can butter beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can Great Northern beans
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1/3 cup molasses
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons mustard
1 tablespoon Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (our family doesn't do spicy, so we omitted this)
6 oz bacon, divided
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
Fry all but 2 pieces of the bacon in a skillet. Slowly cook the sliced onion in the bacon grease over low heat until caramelized, about 30 minutes (continue with the recipe, returning to the skillet every few minutes to stir). Meanwhile, drain the beans and place in a 9x13 baking dish. Mix the molasses, brown sugar, mustard, salt, and Tabasco sauce. Pulse the tomatoes several times in a blender until starting to break down, but still chunky. Mix tomatoes in molasses mixture. Place cooked bacon and onion in dish with beans and pour the tomato/molasses sauce on top. Cut the remaining 2 slices of bacon into 1 inch pieces and scatter on top. Cover to bake next day, or bake now at 350 for 1 hour. Let sit 5 minutes and stir slightly before serving.
