Easy Baked Beans

Baked beans are a wonderful side dish for any barbecue.  The easiest way to make home-made style baked beans is in a crockpot.  Start off with two large cans of your favorite canned baked bean.  Add the following ingredients to the crockpot:

1 to 2 tbl. of black strap molasses

1 tbl. of ketchup

1 pkg. of fried onion rings

1 yellow onion, chopped

chopped bacon or cooked pancetta  (if no vegetarians are attending)

Allow the beans to absorb the additional flavors for at least an hour over the lowest possible heat.  If you do not have a crockpot, you can preheat your oven to 200F and do the beans in the oven (make sure you put the beans in a covered casserole dish or beanpot).  Alternatively, if you have a warming oven, you can put the beans in there as long as they are covered.

You can add other ingredients such as chopped pineapple, thinly sliced carrots, etc.  Use your imagination.

This savory sidedish is always welcome!