Cathy's Baked Beans

==Description==
purchased from the Zimmerman Estate in Terrell, Texas in 1989 
Date on card says 1944
== Ingredients ==
* 2 cups navy beans
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar
* ¼ cup molasses
* 1 bay leaf
* ½ teaspoon dry mustard
* ¼ cup chopped white Onion
* 1 cup boiling water
* ½ pound salt Pork (I have also used Bacon and it works extremely well)
== Directions ==
# Wash beans. 
# Cover with water and soak overnight. 
# Drain well. 
# Cover with a large amount of boiling salted water and boil slowly for 1 hour. Drain well. 
# Combine salt, Sugar, molasses, bay leaf, mustard, Onion and water and add to beans.
# Pour into bean pot. Score rind of Pork and press into beans, leaving the rind exposed.
# Cover beans with additional boiling water and bake in 300 degree oven for 4 hours. 
# Remove cover for last hour of baking
== Contributed by ==
Cat's Recipes Y-Group
Category:Bacon Recipes
Category:Baked bean Recipes
Category:Cathy's Recipes
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