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These molasses bacon baked beans are packed full of sweet molasses, maple syrup, bourbon, and tons of bacon! If you’re not a fan of canned beans this recipe is going to be your new go-to bean recipe!
BACON! BEANS! BOURBON! MOLASSES!
These beans seriously make me scream squeals of happiness. They are packed full of flavor and ready in just over an hour!
Ok, that’s enough of me screaming at you in CAPS. It’s so rude. And slightly obnoxious.
But seriously people these homemade beans are ahhhhhmazing!
They remind me of my grandmother’s beans and anything that reminds me of my grandmother is 100% fantastic in my book.
I mean, I have always loved baked beans but when your throw in double bacon, bourbon, and molasses I’m happy as can be!
These molasses bacon baked beans are made right on the stovetop and finished up in the oven.
They are sweet but not so sweet it makes you feel like you’re eating dessert in side dish form. This is usually how I feel anytime I have tried store-bought baked beans.
I also added an obscene amount of bacon because when I say something is bacon-packed it’s really bacon-packed.
Plus, who doesn’t love bacon?
Love these molasses bacon baked beans?
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Molasses Bacon Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 16 strips bacon, divided
- 1 small sweet onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 14.5 ounce cans navy beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 3 tablespoons apple butter
- 2 teaspoons country Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Dice 8 strips of the bacon and add to a 12-inch high-sided skillet pan.
- Set over medium-high heat and cook until the bacon is crisp.
- Remove the bacon from the pan and set it on a paper towel-lined plate.
- Remove all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease from the pan.
- Add onions to the pan and sauté until translucent and soft.
- Add in the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Stir in beans, molasses, maple syrup, brown sugar, bourbon, apple butter, and Dijon mustard.
- Mix to combine and let the mixture warm through just until it starts to bubble.
- Remove from the heat, smooth out the top, and place the remaining strips of bacon on top of the beans.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Turn the broiler on and broil the top of the beans just until the bacon is crisp.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I have to admit that baked beans arent something we eat that often, but these look wonderful! I might have to give them a try!
I’m saving this recipe because it is the sure-fire route to my father-in-law’s heart, who is a lover of both baked beans and bacon.
What an amazing flavor combo for baked beans! 🙂 Sounds amazing!
Wow, I love this spin on baked beans! Such a fun flavor combo!
I seriously want to dive face-first into that pan of beans, because you’ve used all of my favourite things. I’d have been happy with just bacon and molasses, to be honest, but bourbon too? Girl, you are killing me over here! Totally whipping up a big pan of these next time I’m firing up the smoker.
I was just talking to my kids about the fact that everything is better with bacon. Case. In. Point!!!
These look phenomenal! Bourbon and bacon? Yes, please! Pinning now.