Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2012

Got to give these one star. Although the flavour was good, i spent all day cooking these exactly to the directions and my beans were still hard and inedible. The directions should be ammended to ensure that the beans are fully cooked before placing them in the slowcooker.

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shellylowe

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Top favorite new recipe for baked beans!!! The only thing I did different was oven baked them at 250....EVERYONE loves these and the maple syrup instead of molasses is to die for...a repeat recipe for SURE and WELL worth adding to your recipe box!!!! Thank you!!

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SoaringLadyDi

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

This is a great recipe. We loved how the beans turned out. Salt can be added any time during the recipe as studies have shown it has no effect on the toughness of the bean.

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marthajones

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2011

When making any kind of recipe with dried beans, it is best to add the salt at the end, otherwise they won't soften

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Numsa

Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2011

I ran out of ketchup so I subbed for some Heinz Chili Sauce, and it was fantastic!

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scubagirl0

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2011

So these beans have now been cooking for nearly 10 hours and are still not cooked. No - really - TEN hours. I soaked them overnight, boiled them for half an hour this morning and cooked them on high all day. They've been bubbling - cooking - are dark, but are hard and not edible. Pretty frustrating.

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MaryS

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2011

I am not a big bean person, but everyone who ate these loved them! I didn't know what a ham hock was so instead I picked up a ham bone from my local Honey Baked Ham Store and used that. It added tons of meat and flavor and I'd definitely do that again.

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ALLIEKAT17

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2011

I followed the recipe, but the beans didn't turn out well. I ended up having to cook them for 7 hours and had to add water to them several times. Although they had a decent flavor they were very dry and not at all what I had hoped for.

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Cindy400

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2011

For those of you who have hard beans you may need to put 1/8 tsp of baking soda in your water when soaking (this is stated on the back of the navy bean bag for hard water or use bottle water). I was scared after reading many reviews but my beans came out soft in the amount of time stated in the recipe. I did use the quick method, used the water they boiled and sat in for an hour. I also filled my crock pot up with this water to more than cover the beans while cooking. As others stated used a can of tomato paste during the cooking process, and then at the end used some ketchup and mustard. Also used cut up pieces of country ham for the meat and a small vadilia onion. Taking to the lake today, looking forward to hearing great reviews.

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