Best Maine Baked Beans Recipes

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MAINE BAKED BEANS



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While teaching in a one room schoolhouse off the coast of Maine, I became good friends with one of the lobster fisherman's wife. She passed on her version of baked beans. I serve it with either homemade steamed brown bread or cornbread (have posted both recipes). This is a favorite Saturday night meal along with apple pie for...

Provided by Melody U.

Categories     Other Side Dishes

Time 6h30m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 lb dried beans (jacob's cattle beans are the best)
1 medium onion, quartered
1/4 lb salt pork
2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 c dark molasses
1 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp pepper
3/4 Tbsp salt

Steps:

  • 1. Rinse beans and pick over to make sure there are no stones. Place in large bowl and cover with water (at least 1" above beans). Let sit overnight.
  • 2. In morning, parboil the beans until the skins crack when blown upon (maybe 10-15 minutes).
  • 3. Cut onion into quarters and place in bottom of bean pot or a 4 quart casserole. Drain beans and pour over onion. Slice salt pork and lay on top of beans.
  • 4. Mix sugar, molasses, mustard, pepper and salt with 2 cups of boiling water. Pour over pork and beans. If necessary, add more boiling water until beans are covered.
  • 5. Bake, covered at 300 deg F for 6 hours, adding more boiling water as the beans cook (if necessary.
  • 6. Serve with steamed brown bread or corn bread. NOTE: Beans can be cooked in crockpot but will be a bit more soupy. Not a bad thing. Just different. BEANS: Jacob's cattle beans are the best and I usually order 10# at a time online. They're worth it. May also use kidney beans, red beans or navy beans (my least favorite).

MAINE BAKED BEANS



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During the summer the United Methodist Mission where my husband works holds weekly Potluck suppers for the work groups that come from all over the United States to rehab housing for the elderly and handicapped people of Northern Franklin County in Maine. I have made these beans for years and never bring more than a couple of spoon fulls home.

Provided by cavery

Categories     Beans

Time 8h30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 lbs dried soldier beans
1/2 lb salt pork
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 medium onion

Steps:

  • Pick over the beans and soak them overnight in cold water.
  • In the morning drain and then boil them in fresh water until the skins crack when blown upon.
  • Quarter the onion and place in the bottom of Crock pot.
  • Add the beans.
  • Cut through the rind of the salt pork and place pork on top of the beans.
  • Mix the sugar, molasses, mustard and pepper with 1 pint of boiling water.
  • Pour this over the beans. Add more water to almost cover beans.
  • Cook on low for 8-10 hours or if pressed for time, turn on high for a while and then turn down to low until done.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 206, Fat 15.4, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 16.3, Sodium 285.5, Carbohydrate 16.2, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 12.8, Protein 1.2

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