Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009

Great basic recipe... as will all recipes, I tend to change them up a bit... 1. Soaked beans overnite 2. I could not find a hamhock - so used bacon and sliced it up (did not cook bacon first, just added to slow cooker) 3. Used Molassas instead of brown sugar and maple syrup (its what I had on hand) 4. Added a few shakes, about 1 tablespoon, of Cumin 5. Kept the water, mustard, ketchup, salt, onions, just eyeballed the amounts instead of measuring. 6. Put directly into the slow cooker by 9 in the morning. Turned out fantastic! I still need to try it with a hamhock...

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Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2009

I'm not real picky when it comes to baked beans, but I did not care for these.

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2009

This recipe was great. I needed something simple for a dinner party on Father's Day. This did not take any time away from attending other foods. Once prepped and in the cooker I left it alone. I will be using it again.

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Home Town: Woodland, California, USA

Living In: Dunnigan, California, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2009

I don't know if I can every eat canned baked beans again after eating these. This is an easy, healthy recipe that is lovely to make the night before on a winter's night and have something delicious for breakfast the next day. I had to make some substitutions due to things not being the same in Australia: - I used a 500g package of dried lima beans as this was all there was at the grocer. Soaked them overnight before cooking and also got rid of the husks as well. - Used a 400g can of crushed tomatoes and 2T of tomato paste instead of the ketchup - Added 2 cubes of bacon stock to the water Will make again and again!

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Mrs Possum 08

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Home Town: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2009

Never made baked beans from scratch before. These were delicious with turkey burgers and cole slaw! I did soak the beans overnight and I omitted ham hocks bcuz I don't eat pork.

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Bevi

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Reviewed: May 1, 2009

I loved these beans. Yum, yum!

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LindaMargo

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2009

The texture of these were great but I found these to be too sweet. I followed the directions exactly. Next time I will cut the sugar and maple syrup in half. It is a good base though for tweaking the recipe.

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MICK54

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Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2009

We loved this recipe, they were even better the next day!

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Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2009

Traditional American-style baked beans are always way too sweet for my Brit palate, so I cut back significantly on the brown sugar and syrup (just a pinch/splash of each). After stirring in the ketchup, it was still a bit too sweet for me so I added a smidge of apple cider vinegar. The sweet/tart vinegar perfectly complemented the spicy Colman's English mustard I used. The smokey ham hock flavor took it to another level. Thanks!

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2009

These were good. Added more brown sugar.

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Mamma of 9

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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2009

This is a great recipe. My husband " who is Mr. Bland " went overboard and has me making it again this week. A real winner and super easy. I soak the beans overnight. Thank You

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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2008

Best ever from scratch baked beans I've made. These turned out nice and soft and great flavor and texture. I did add more brown sugar and maple syrup for a sweeter taste. Also, added beans with water into the crockpot which may have resulted in soupier beans, but took the lid of off the crockpot for a couple of hours and turned out perfect.

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Reviewed: Nov. 10, 2008

Vegetarian version-- Flavor and color were great. They did dry up after being on warm setting during our party. I didn't use hamhocks, but added a dash of liquid smoke and worcestershire. Also replaced 1/2 water with 1/2C vegi stock. Used 20oz of beans. Still thought there should have been a little more liquid. Cooked for about 4.5 hours after soaking beans overnight.

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2008

I overcooked my beans...so that was my fault...they came out way too thick...more like refried beans..lol. However, I rate it a 4 for flavor...it was the flavor I was looking for. Next time I'll be more careful with the beans.

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Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2008

This is a great recipe. I have made this several times now and people love it. I substitute salt pork for the ham hocks but otherwise I follow exactly.

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Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2008

Very good! Thanks for sharing. I did make a few alterations. I made a vegetarian version, omitting the ham hocks. I also added a can of crushed pineapple, used 1/2 molasses and 1/2 maple syrup, a bit of garlic powder, and probably used a bit less ketchup and mustard than called for. I will definitely make this again!

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Reviewed: Jun. 7, 2008

My Children loved these baked beans. They say they hate beans but I making it again today.

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Reviewed: May 26, 2008

A little bland, sorry!

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2008

I'm not sure what happened with this recipe but I could never get my beans to soften. I took into account everything that was suggested here and thought I'd have no problems. I soaked them overnight, I boiled them like mentioned here and I slow cooked them for ages. My beans would never really soften. I even took them from the slow cooker and then cooked them on the stove to try and get them softer before adding them back to the slow cooker. It was a real shame because I made this for my English in laws who had never had American style baked beans before. Not sure I will try this again.

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