Hey Amy!

Nany makes the best baked beans.  This recipe is one I remember from my youth when Nany would make it for those larger than life family picnics.  You know the ones where relatives come from all over and you forgot about them until they arrived?  Those picnics.  Nany would fry the chicken, make the potato and macaroni salad, beans, brownies, cakes, and tons of pies.  She would have fresh peaches and berries from our family fruit stand.  A nice melon would sit at the end of the picnic table.  Her homemade lemon & orange ade is thee most refreshing summertime drink (promise the recipe soon).  Nany seemed to bring everything needed to feed those massive amounts of people.  Now again, I was 7 or 8 so it seemed like an army.  Anyway, summer is here and I think we need to have tons of options for those family gatherings.   This recipe is truly very basic.  A few items from the pantry tossed in with the beans and you have a delicious three bean baked dish.  Once again, a recipe that Nany Knows.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. bacon (chopped)
1 onion
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. granulated sugar
1/4 c. catsup
1/4 c. BBQ sauce
2 Tbs. prepared mustard
2 Tbs. molasses
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 large can red kidney beans
1 large can pork & beans
1 large can buttered lima beans

Preheat oven to 350.  Brown beef, bacon and onions.  Add all except last 3 ingredients and mix well.  Pour all–including beans (the last three ingredients)–into baking dish.  Bake for one hour.

Nany noted in her recipe that this recipe “serves a lot and is good for a picnic”.  That is yet another reason why Nany Knows!

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