Hart Stilwell's Baked Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs cooked navy beans or 2 lbs other beans
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 3/4 cup strong black coffee
• 1/2 medium red onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 4 slices thick slab bacon, chopped
• 1 carrot, grated fine
• 2 tablespoons unsulphured dark molasses
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard

Recipe

• 1 mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
• 2 pour into a baking dish.
• 3 bake the beans uncovered, about 1 1/2 hours, or until they have thickened and cooked down, with a"skin" just beginning to form on the top of the beans.
• 4 the beans reheat well and keep for several days.