I wanted baked beans to go with hamburgers last night and decided to make some from scratch. They were good! Even though this recipe says they're less sweet than others, they were really sweet, so I'd cut the sugar/molasses/syrup next time. I made them ahead and then kept them on warm until dinner, so they really thickened up nicely. I had to cook them longer than the recipe says. The beans were too hard after an hour so I put them back under pressure for another 40 minutes. I didn't use bacon, so I didn't do any sauteeing before pressure cooking. I just threw the raw onions in with the beans and everything else.
https://thisoldgal.com/pressure-cooker-holiday-baked-beans/Pressure Cooker Holiday Baked Beans
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
A sweet, sticky sauce, makes these Baked Beans shine at any summer picnic.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Americanno
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 336 kcal
Author: This Old Gal
Ingredients
1 pound Dried Navy Beans
6-8 slices Thick Bacon roughly chopped
1 medium Onion roughly chopped
3 1/4 cups Fresh Water
1/4 cup Maple Syrup (the real stuff)
1/3 cup Molasses
1/4 cup Light Brown Sugar (packed)
1/3 cup Heinz Ketchup
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce (secret ingredient, shhh)
1 1/4 teaspoons Ground Mustard Seed
1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
Rinse and sort beans, removing any debris.
Select the Sauté or Browning function on Pressure Cooker and allow to heat.
Add bacon and onions to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot and cook until bacon begins to render, scraping brown bits from bottom of cooking pot. Add 1/4 cup of water and continue cooking until water has evaporated, bacon fat is rendered and onions are semi-soft.
Add beans, water, Maple Syrup, Molasses, Ketchup, Brown Sugar, Worcestershire Sauce, Mustard, Pepper to the cooking pot and stir to combine.
Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook at High Pressure for 60 minutes.
When Beep is heard, allow a 15 minute Natural Pressure Release and then open Pressure Valve to remove remaining Pressure.
Discard any floating beans.
Add the salt. Taste a couple of beans for tenderness and sweetness and add more Molasses, if a sweeter taste is desired. If Beans are still hard, cook for another 15 minutes.
Select the Sauté or Browning function and cook until desired consistency.