Ingredients
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1/2 lb ground beef
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5 slices bacon, diced
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1/2 medium onion, diced
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1 (16 ounce) can baby butter beans, drained
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1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
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1 (28 ounce) can maple flavored baked beans or 1 (28 ounce) can maple flavored pork and beans, undrained
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1 (16 ounce) can baked beans or 1 (16 ounce) can pork and beans, undrained
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1/3 cup brown sugar
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1/4 cup Splenda granular or 1/4 cup sugar
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1/4 cup ketchup
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1/4 cup barbecue sauce (hickory or honey flavored)
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2 tablespoons dark molasses
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2 tablespoons mustard (I use honey mustard if I've got it)
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1/2 teaspoon chili powder
Instructions
- Brown beef, onion and bacon over medium high heat.
- Meanwhile, add all beans to crock-pot.
- Add beef mixture to beans and stir.
- Combine remaining ingredients with a whisk and stir into bean mixture.
- Turn crock-pot to low for at least 4 hours - I have made them farther in advance, they'll get thicker as time goes on.
- Oven directions: If you'd like to bake them in the oven, pour bean mixture into large dutch oven and bake at 350 for an hour.