{"id":125227,"date":"2025-07-01T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=125227"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:50:06","slug":"homemade-baked-beans","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/recipes\/homemade-baked-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Baked Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Try something new\u2014these slow-simmered <strong>Homemade Baked Beans<\/strong> start with Clearly by Best Choice Dried Beans and end with sweet, smoky, saucy perfection. Packed with big flavor and zero shortcuts, they\u2019re basically a warm hug in a bowl. One bite and you&#8217;ll be bean-lieving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cover the dry beans with about 2 inches of cold water in a large bowl and soak them overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The next day drain the soaked beans and place them in a large pot with a lid.<\/p>\n<p>Cover the beans with 3 inches of water.<\/p>\n<p>Place the pot on the stovetop and bring it to a boil.<\/p>\n<p>Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium low and let beans simmer for 60 minutes or until they are tender.<\/p>\n<p>When the beans have your desired texture, drain and rinse them with cold water and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat your oven to 275\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p>Spray a baking dish with Clearly by Best Choice cooking spray and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Start making by sauce by boiling 1 1\/2 cups of water.<\/p>\n<p>In a bowl, whisk together the molasses, dried mustard, salt, pepper, brown sugar, ketchup, and boiling water to a bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Whisk until the brown sugar dissolves and contents are smooth and set aside.<br \/>\n<em>*The sauce will be watery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Place half the onions and bacon on the bottom of the prepared baking dish.<\/p>\n<p>Then add half the rinsed beans.<\/p>\n<p>Add remaking onions, diced bacon, and beans to the dish.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the sauce over the top of the onions, bacon, and beans and stir the contents with a fork.<\/p>\n<p>Place an oven safe lid on the baking dish or cover it with foil.<\/p>\n<p>Put baking dish in the preheated oven and cook for 3 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Then remove the baking dish from oven and stir gently.<br \/>\n<em>*There should still be liquid, if the beans look dry add a small amount of water. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Continue cooking the beans for an additional 2 hours, stirring gently every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the beans from the oven and let them stand for 15 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n<p>Any leftover beans can last in the refrigerator for 4-5 days or they can be frozen for up to 3 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":127948,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"recipe_category":[166],"recipe_tags":[207,321],"class_list":["post-125227","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","recipe_category-sides","recipe_tags-brown-sugar","recipe_tags-dried-navy-beans"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/125227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipe"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/125227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=125227"},{"taxonomy":"recipe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestchoicebrand.com\/clearly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_tags?post=125227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}