These homemade baked beans are easy to prepare and have loads of molasses flavor.
Great with hot dogs or franks!
It’s the molasses.
Elise Bauer
The Science Behind Slowly Cooking Baked Beans
Now to the baked beans.
Boston baked beans are by definition, slowly cooked.
Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans
Why pre-soak the beans?
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With the beans pre-soaked, they’ll still take 8 hours to cook and soften in a slow-cooker.
Once beans come in contact with the molasses, the sugar in the molasses will keep the beans firm.
That’s why they take so long to cook.
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Soak overnight and drain.
Whisk together the molasses, brown sugar, mustard, and ground cloves with 3 cups of hot water.
Layer over withhalfof the drained beans.
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Add all of the chopped onion in a layer.
Top with another layer of beans and the remaining salt pork.
Pour the molasses water mixture over the beans to just cover the beans.
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Check the water level a few hours in, and if the beans need more water, add some.
Add additional salt to taste if needed.
Note that fresher beans will cook faster than older beans.
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Your beans may be ready in less than 8 hours, or they may take longer.
Best the next day.
Serve withBoston brown bread.
