Crockpot Drunken Baked Beans
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. Dried Navy Beans
- ½ C. Ketchup
- ½ C. Barbeque (BBQ) Sauce
- ¼ C. Brown Sugar
- 2 Tbsp. Molasses
- 2 ½ C. Water
- ½ C. Dark Rum
- 1 Ham Bone
- 1 ½ C. Ham, chopped
- ½ C. Celery, diced
- ½ C. Carrots, diced
- 1 ¼ C. White Onion, diced
- 4 Garlic Cloves, minced
- 2 Bay Leaves
- Salt and Black Pepper, to taste
Instructions:
1. You will need to soak the beans prior to adding them into the crockpot.
2. Below are two options, overnight or quick soak:
A. Overnight soak- add 4 quarts water to a large bowl and add 1 pound of rinsed beans. Soak at least 8 hours. Drain beans well.
B. Quick soak- add 1 pound of rinsed beans to a large saucepan and cover with 3 inches of water. Bring to a boil. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes, then remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans well.
3. In small bowl, whisk together ketchup, BBQ sauce, brown sugar, and molasses. In the bottom of the crockpot, add beans, water, rum, ham bone, chopped ham, celery, carrots, onion, garlic and bay leaves. Add sauce from small bowl and stir to combine.
4. Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 hours or on LOW for 10 hours, or until beans are tender. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Remove the ham bone before serving.
Raisins-Apple-Rum Bread Pudding
Ingredients:
- ⅔ C. Raisins
- ¼ C. Dark or Spiced Rum
- 4 Lrg. Eggs
- 1 ½ C. Whole Milk
- ½ C. Heavy Cream
- ½ C. White Sugar
- ½ C. Brown Sugar
- 3 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter, melted and slightly cooled
- ½ tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- ½ tsp. Vanilla
- 4 C. Hawaiian Bread, cubed and packed
- 1 Lrg. Tart Baking Apple (peeled and cored), cut into ⅛ inch slices and then cut in halfVanilla Ice Cream, for serving
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and set an oven rack in the middle position. Spray a 2-quart baking dish (9 in. x 9 in.) with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the raisins and rum in a shallow bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Let the raisins soak in the rum while you prepare the other ingredients.In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Add the milk, heavy cream, white sugar, brown sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla and whisk until evenly combined.
- Add the Hawaiian Bread cubes, sliced apples and rum soaked raisins and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, making sure the apples and raisins are evenly distributed. Allow to stand for at least 1 hour or refrigerate overnight.
- Place baking dish in center of oven and bake for approximately one hour or until the top is golden and puffy and the center is set. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
