Worth Waiting For Baked Beans

Ingredients

1 lb navy beans
2 ts butter
1 clove garlic
1 c onion
3 slices bacon cookedamp
3 slices bacon
2 ts worcestershire sauce
2 tb dark brown sugar
4 tb molasses
5 tb chili sauce
1 tb dry mustard english
1 ts curry powder
1 1/2 ts salt
1/2 c dark rum
1 1/2 c tomato juice
1 3/4 quart bean pot

Instructions

beans. Place in large mixing bowl. Add onion, crumbled bacon, brown sugar, Worcestershire, molasses, chili sauce, dry mustard, curry powder, salt and rum. Mix well. Stir in 1/4 cup of the tomato juice. Transfer to prepared bean pot. Place uncooked bacon strips on top. Bake, covered in a 275F oven for 7 hours or until beans are tender, gently stirring in additional tomato juice as liquid is absorbed by beans. Recipe By : The Little Mountain Bean Bible Cookbook