Slab Bacon Baked Beans

==Ingredients==
* 1 Lb. Dried Navy or Yellow Eye beans
* water
* 1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
* 1/4 Lb. Slab Bacon or salt Pork
* 3/4 Cup Pure maple syrup
* 1 T. salt
* 1/2 T. Dry mustard
== Directions ==
# Soak beans Overnight in 6 Cups Cold water. 
# Drain And Put Into a Large Cooking Pot. 
# Add water to Cover beans, About 6 Cups. 
# Bring to a Boil, Cover And Cook at a Slow Boil For 30 Minutes. 
# Drain, Reserving Cooking water. 
# Combine beans With Chopped onions; 
# Spoon Half Into Bottom of 2 1/2 to 3 Quart Bean Pot. 
# Score Slab Bacon, Cut in Half And Put 1 Piece on Top of beans. 
# Spoon in Remaining beans. 
# Mix Syrup, salt And Dry mustard With 1 Cup of Bean Cooking water. Pour Over beans. Add More Bean Cooking water if Needed to Cover beans. 
# Place Remaining Slab Bacon on Top. 
# Cover And Bake in a 325 Oven For 6 Hours. Add More Bean Cooking Liquid if Needed. Uncover For The Last Hour. 
Makes 6 to 8 Servings.
Source: Marlboro Country Cookbook
== contributed by : ==
* Catsrecipes Y-Group
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