Slow Cooked Apple Butter Baked Beans
Slow cooked apple butter baked beans with bacon ~this is the best fall side dish ever, think bonfires, tailgating, game days, and cozy family meals.
Servings: 8 servings
Equipment
- slow cooker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 lb bacon
- 3lb 7 oz can baked beans
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1-2 apples, peeled and diced
- ½ lb (half of a 16 ounce jar) apple butter, or up to the whole jar for sweeter beans.
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, or more to taste.
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until crisp, and reserve the fat. Chop the bacon.
- Add the beans, onion, apple, apple butter, half the chopped bacon, and 2-3 tablespoons of the bacon fat to your crock pot. Give it all a stir to mix.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours. You can also cook on low for 6 hours.
- Open the lid and give everything a good stir. Add the cider vinegar and taste. The sauce will seem a little thin at first, but will thicken as you stir it, and as it sits with the lid off. I like to take the lid off for the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
- Serve the beans topped with the remaining bacon.
Notes
Stovetop instructions: Use a large Dutch oven and bring everything up to a boil, then turn down to low and simmer, covered, for about hour.
Oven instructions: User a large Dutch oven and bring everything up to a boil on the stovetop. Cover and bake at 325F for a hour and a half.
Nutrition
Calories: 510 kcal · Carbohydrates: 56 g · Protein: 18 g · Fat: 26 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 11 g · Trans Fat: 0.1 g · Cholesterol: 51 mg · Sodium: 1187 mg · Potassium: 785 mg · Fiber: 12 g · Sugar: 13 g · Vitamin A: 40 IU · Vitamin C: 6 mg · Calcium: 115 mg · Iron: 4 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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