Smoky Mountain Coal Stove Beans
Recipe By : The Little Mountain Bean Bible Cookbook
Serving Size : 12
- 2 cups dried navy beans
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 large garlic cloves -- minced
- 1 large onion -- minced
- 1 1/3 cups tomato juice
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons molasses
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- Bacon, ham, or wieners
Cover beans with water; soak overnight. Add salt to beans; simmer
until tender. Blend garlic, onion and tomato juice, add to beans.
Add sugar, molasses, mustard, and meat; pour into a 2 1/2 quart
bean pot. Bake at 350° until beans absorb most of liquid. Stir
occasionally while baking.