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Just Like Grandma Brown's Baked Beans

Baked beans, like the famous Grandma Browns, are light-colored and sweetened with brown sugar and ham.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword baked beans', Grandma Browns, homemade baked beans
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 8 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 3 cans navy beans
  • 1 medium onion diced small
  • 4 oz ham or 4-5 slices of cooked bacon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar or honey or maple syrup
  • water as needed

Instructions

  1. Chop ham or cooked bacon into small chunks. If using a ham bone or smoked pork hock, throw the whole thing in the casserole dish.

  2. Mix everything together and put into a casserole dish.

  3. Add water to cover the beans. For more flavor use chicken broth or Better than Bouillon, or cooking water from the beans (if starting with dry beans).

  4. Bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes until bubbly and heated through. Remove the bone, if using, shred the meat, and stir it back into the beans.

  5. Serve hot, cold or at room temperature.

Recipe Notes

Optional: add a bay leaf, and/or a sprinkle of garlic powder. If you have time, cook a smoked ham hock and use that meat in place of ham or bacon. Sometimes I add a tsp. of chicken Better than Bouillon for extra flavor. Rather than canned beans, a pound of navy beans can be brought to a boil and then soaked overnight. The casserole will need to be baked low and slow (300F) for several hours to actually cook the beans  this way.