Heather's Bbq Baked Beans

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 5 slices bacon, diced
• 1/2 medium onion, diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can baby butter beans, drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
• 1 (28 ounce) can maple flavored baked beans or 1 (28 ounce) can maple flavored lamb and beans, undrained
• 1 (16 ounce) can baked beans or 1 (16 ounce) can lamb and beans, undrained
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup splenda granular or 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup barbecue sauce (hickory or honey flavored)
• 2 tablespoons dark molasses
• 2 tablespoons mustard (i use honey mustard if i've got it)
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

Recipe

• 1 brown beef, onion and bacon over medium high heat.
• 2 meanwhile, add all beans to crock-pot.
• 3 add beef mixture to beans and stir.
• 4 combine remaining ingredients with a whisk and stir into bean mixture.
• 5 turn crock-pot to low for at least 4 hours - i have made them farther in advance, they'll get thicker as time goes on.
• 6 oven directions: if you'd like to bake them in the oven, pour bean mixture into large dutch oven and bake at 350 for an hour.