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Brown Sugar Baked Beans with a Bite!: a canning recipe

Delicious baked beans with a sweet and spicy sauce are so easy to make and can up. They are so good served with traditional picnic fare: hot dogs or brats, potato salad, and watermelon!
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs dry navy beans
  • 1 lb diced bacon
  • 1.5 cup diced onion
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1.5 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 3 Tb ground mustard
  • 2 Tb minced garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 Tb Tobasco sauce (or more to taste)

Instructions
 

  • Rinse and drain beans, add to stock pot with enough water to cover 2 inches over beans. Boil for 5 minutes. Take off heat, cover and let soak for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, saute bacon and chopped onions until golden and add the rest of the ingredients. Bring to a simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Add everything to the stock pot and bring to a simmer. Let simmer for 5 minutes
  • Fill jars to 1 inch headspace and leave at least 1 inch of liquid above the beans. (The beans will continue to swell and take up the liquid.)
  • Add lids and rings (fingertip tight, no tighter) and pressure can at 10lbs pressure, for pints: 75 minutes, and for quarts 90 minutes.