These beans are fabulous for potluck dinners!  They are affordable and easy to make.  The recipe makes a lot, and any leftovers freeze and reheat well.  Be sure to cook them on low in the crockpot all day - the flavors blend and taste better the longer it cooks.

Without fail, every time I bring this dish to a potluck, I get asked for the recipe.  Lately, I have begun carrying copies of the recipe with me to hand out should someone ask for it!

Brown:

• ½ lb bacon
• ½ lb hamburger
• Onion

16 oz cans, drained and rinsed:

• Butter beans
• Red kidney beans
• Lima beans
• Pinto beans
• Baked beans – use a bigger can, don’t drain or rinse

Sauce:

• 2 Tbs molasses
• ½ C sugar
• ½ C brown sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• ½ C BBQ sauce

Add browned mixture, beans, and sauce to a crockpot or oven-save, covered casserole.  Bake 1 hr at 250 or low crockpot all day.

Frugal notes: It is very easy to put this dish together very inexpensively.

• If I find bacon on sale, I buy a few for the freezer.
• When ground beef goes on sale, I divide it up into 1 pound bags for the freezer.
• Since bacon comes in 1 lb packages, I will cut up the whole package, use a pound of hamburger, and 2 onions.  I brown it, and divide it in half.  Half for the freezer for a 2nd batch of beans, and half for the current batch.
• Meat frozen raw can be successfully cooked and refrozen.