This simple way to can baked beans will allow you to have them ready to add to your meal year-round.
Author:Elise
Prep Time:2 hours
Cook Time:90 minutes
Total Time:3 hours 30 minutes
Yield:8 quarts or 16 pints1x
Ingredients
Scale
Four pounds of dry beans
3 onions, diced
2 Tablespoons oil
40 oz. ketchup
36 oz. barbecue sauce
2 Tablespoons mustard
1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/3 cup blackstrap molasses
Instructions
Rinse beans, cover with water, and soak for 12 hours or overnight
Rinse well under running water, cover with water again and cook until tender
Drain the cooked beans, reserving the broth.
Sauté onion in olive oil until translucent.
While onion is sautéing, Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl
Pour over beans, and add onions, and stir
Stir in 4 cups of reserved bean broth
Directions for Canning Baked Beans
Line up serialized quart or pint jars, lids, and rings on your work area
Place a canning funnel into the first jar
Fill the jar with beans to about 3/4 of an inch from the top
Move the funnel to the next jar
Wipe rim of the first jar with a clean, damp cloth to make sure it’s clean of debris. Place lid and ring on top, screwing the ring down firmly
Repeat with remaining jars and beans
Next, prepare your pressure canner ready.
Place prepared jars of beans in the canner doing your best to make sure they’re not touching, place lid on with pressure valve open and heat over medium-high heat.
Once a steady stream of steam begins to escape the pressure valve set the timer for ten minutes.
After the ten minutes are up, put the weight on, and heat it up until it reaches ten pounds of pressure, or the weight starts jiggling depending on your canner.
Process pints for 75 minutes, and quarts for 90 minutes
Turn off heat, and let the canner cool.
Let the jars settle for at least 24 hours.
After this time, you may test the seal by pressing to see if the “button” is sucked down flat, rinse any stickiness off the jars, and remove the rings for storage.