Baked Beans

3 cups navy beans (washed, sorted, soaked overnight)

In morning bring beans to slow boil, add 1/2 tsp. soda slowly. Stir and boil 2 to 3 minutes. Strain into heated crock.

Add to crock and heat:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
5 Tbsp. green label molasses
1/2 to 3/4 lb. salt pork (cut in cubes)
Salt and pepper

After beans are added fill crock to 1 inch from top with boiling water. Cover. After 4 or 5 hours fill again with boiling water. Bake 6 to 8 hours at 275F.

Submitted by: Mrs. Merrilyn Logsdon