Can't Do It.

I cannot make a decent baked bean from scratch to save my life. I opened a bottle of beans that I had made. Not good. Too strong. I combined them with my favorite baked bean recipe. Oh and threw in some T-Dawgs sauce for good luck. Luck was mine as they did get eaten. Maybe that should be my new baked bean recipe from scratch, beans and
T-Dawgs sauce.

Baked Beans

2 pounds canned baked beans (Campbell's)
1 t. prepared mustard
One small onion, chopped
Sprinkle salt and pepper
1 T. brown sugar (I add more)
1/2 c. ketchup
4-5 strips bacon

Combine all ingredients except bacon. Pour into casserole dish. Place bacon on top. Bake 350 for 1 1/2 hours.

Do You Say Brown Ketchup or Brown Catsup?

What? Yours is red? It hasn't turned brown? Lucky. I used my brown ketchup in my version of J-Dawgs sauce, a sweet southern style hot dog sauce. Sometimes I eat it without the hot dog. Or the bun. Note: the picture below is for photographic styling purposes only. It is not an actual representation of the amount of sauce that is generally used.

T-Dawgs Sauce
(copy-cat version of J-Dawgs sauce)

1 c. ketcup
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 T. apple cider vinegar

Combine ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and gently boil/simmer for 3 minutes, stirring often.

This recipe is a basic one that I often vary. Most times I make it even sweeter by adding an extra 1/2 to 1 c. of brown sugar. Sometimes I find it too vinegary and reduce the vinegar.

This can be used as a no-fat dressing on salads, cottage cheese, avocados, etc. Or as a bbq sauce. Add it to baked beans as well.