4-Bean Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 0.5 pound bacon cut into small pieces
• 0.8 cup brown sugar 
• 15 ounce shell beans drained canned
• 15 ounce kidney beans drained canned
• 15 ounce lima beans *soaked overnight drained canned
• 1 teaspoon mustard dry
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 0.5 cup catsup 
• 0.3 cup blackstrap molasses 
• 1 large onion chopped
• 16 ounce pork and beans drained canned
• 0.5 cup vinegar 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• casserole dish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, and pork and beans in a 2-quart casserole dish.
3. Heat a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir bacon, onion, and garlic until bacon is browned, about 10 minutes.
4. Pour off excess fat.
5. Whisk brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, molasses, and mustard into bacon mixture; simmer until cooked through, about 20 minutes.
6. Pour sauce over beans in the casserole dish.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, 1 hour 15 minutes.