Bacon Baked Beans

6.16.18 We’re just not into overly sweet these days, I knew the amount of sugar would be too much for us, so I did modify the recipe by cutting the amount of sugar in half, and used Truvia® Brown Sugar Blend. Not sure why I never thought about pre-cooking the bacon, but I did for 30 seconds on high in the microwave. Wow, what a difference that made, really reduced that puddle of fat you usually end up with when baking beans. The apple does give the beans a little different texture and was an interesting flavor, but subtle. We like our beans kind of soupy and cold, so I cooked only for 30 minutes, cooled them, and into the fridge. These were good, we enjoyed them.

Okay, so my husband and I don't normally like baked beans but this recipe appealed to me because it was different. Easy to pull together. Really easy. My five year old son helped. I found it to be really sweet but my husband tells me that baked beans are supposed to be sweet. I liked them, but if I were to make this dish again, I might use less sugar. Still, it got the whole family to eat baked beans which is always a draw.

I was worried about using the apple but it gave it a nice texture. I did not add the brown sugar because I used Bush's beans w/brown sugar.