Baked beans are the perfect side dish for a cookout or picnic, but because they bake for over 3 hours, they’re also a great cold-weather food. Pair them with chicken, steak, or hot dogs, and you’ve got a wonderful meal.

You can buy cans of prepared baked beans, but this homemade recipe has so much more rich flavor.

Even though they take a while to bake, they’re very easy to prepare. If you think ahead, you’ll be so glad you took the time to make these.

Easy Step-By-Step Instructions for Baked Beans

… and cover tightly with foil, and bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours.

Bake Beans

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Ingredients

  

• 1 pound bacon cooked, crumbled, and drained
• 1 pound pork sausage cooked, crumbled, and drained
• 1 tablespoon bacon fat
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 green pepper chopped
• 2 (30 ounce) cans pork and beans
• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup pineapple tidbits drained

Instructions

 

• Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan, and preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Fry bacon and sausage in large pan until almost cooked. (If the pan’s large enough, you can do both at the same time, or do them individually.) Drain all but 1 tablespoon of fat, and add onion and green pepper. Cook until beginning to get tender.
• Add beans, ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and pineapple, and stir until well combined. Pour into prepared baking dish, and cover tightly with foil.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours, and then uncover. Bake an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately.