I'll make someone a good wife someday....

I like to cook...on occasion..okay...more often than I'd like to admit. I also run a mean vacuum cleaner but that's a different story. Anyhow, I do like to cook. Inside in the winter outside in the summer. Since winter won't seem to go away this year I have a hankering for some good stick to your ribs kinda food and figured I'd share the recipe....I'll share more from time to time.

Old Settlers' Baked Beans:  

 Ingredients: 

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound bacon, diced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup KC Masterpiece®
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 can (16 ounces) pork and beans, undrained
• 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can (16 ounces) great northern beans, rinsed and drained

Directions:

In a large skillet, cook beef, bacon and onion until meat is done and onion is tender. Drain any fat. Combine all remaining ingredients except beans. Add to meat mixture; mix well. Stir in beans. Place in a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until heated through. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Personal note: I like to use a cast iron skillet for mine and not some pansy glass pan.