Mom's Boston Baked Beans

This recipe was given to mom when she was ordering bean pots for us girls.It's an easy meal to prepare and it makes enough for my family to have two full meals. The first night I pair it with Texas Corn Bread. The second night, cinnamon rolls! 

4 cups pinto beans, boiled 1/2 hour with enough water to cover (save liquid)

1 lb. thick sliced bacon, cut into 2" pieces, cooked until slightly crispy

(I cook bacon in the oven on broiler pan for 15-18min. @ 450 while beans are boiling)

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 tsp. dry mustard

1/4 tsp. paprika

1/2 onion, chopped

4 Tbl. brown sugar

Put all ingredients in bean pot or crock pot with just enough reserved water to cover. Add more water as needed throughout the day. Bake @ 350, for 7-8 hours or until beans are soft.

Last 30 minutes of cooking add beef hot dogs to the top.

Note: This recipe is great with Texas Corn Bread. It's a bit different than the typical corn bread. It has no sugar or flour. Moist enough to be a spoon bread, but it holds together enough to pick up with your hands when it's cool. When making the corn bread with the beans I just turn up the oven to 400, and bake the bread with the beans for the last 30 minutes, so they are both done at the same time.