These Homemade Smoked Sausage Baked Beans make the best summer cookout side dish or a cozy fall family meal.
Prep Time:15mins
Cook Time:15mins
Baking Time:1hr30mins
Total Time:2hrs
Ingredients
45ozgreat northern beans3 cans rinsed and drained
14ozsmoked kielbasa sausagesliced
6ozbaconchopped
1/2cyellow onion diced
4tbspbutter
1/2cbrown sugar packed
4 1/4cwater
2tspkosher salt
4tbsptomato paste
1/3cmolasses
1/4cmaple syrup
1tbspcinnamon
2tbspyellow mustard
1/8tspcayenne pepper
kosher salt to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rinse and drain the beans; set aside. In a large cast-iron skillet or dutch oven over medium heat, cook the bacon until slightly crisp. Add the sausage slices in a single layer to brown on both sides. Toss in the onion and sauté them for 2-3 minutes or until softened slightly.
Next, add the butter and tomato paste mix it into the sausage. Continue adding the beans, cinnamon, mustard powder, cayenne, molasses, salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, and water. Stir everything carefully so that you don’t mash the beans. Place the skillet in the preheated oven to bake uncovered for 1 hour and 30 minutes*.