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\"Baked<\/a> Happy Independence Day! \u00a0I’m hoping you are able to celebrate with family and friends today. \u00a0What’s on the menu? One of my guilty food pleasures is a right-off-the-grill<\/em> hot dog. \u00a0I know, not the most gourmet of foods, or the healthiest, but everything in moderation, right? And what goes better with hot dogs than baked beans? \u00a0Now you could just open a can of baked beans and plop them in a saucepan, but where’s the fun in that? Make your own!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once I decided to do just that, I found my Mom’s recipe for baked beans. \u00a0That poor note card has seen better days, but its hard-used appearance proves what a popular recipe it is.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I didn’t have any canned white beans in the pantry, but I did have a one-pound bag of dried white beans. They take more preparation than canned beans (obviously – canned beans come out ready for use) but are worth the effort. \u00a0First, dried beans are cheaper than their canned cousins, because once you soak and rehydrate them, they double in weight. (Put another way, when you buy canned beans, you are paying for water.) \u00a0Second, you are avoiding any salt, preservatives, or chemicals in the canned beans, not to mention the chance of BPA in the can itself.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Anyway, I soaked the beans the night before, but they double in size, so I only used half. (You could freeze the rehydrated beans in a Ziploc bag and thaw them when you have another recipe for them.) \u00a0I used my Mom’s recipe as a jumping off point, and they were just as delicious as hers were. \u00a0I realized they don’t need to bake in the oven and are great on the stovetop—that way you won’t have to heat up your kitchen on a hot summer day to make them. \u00a0These are easy, cheap to make, and will impress everyone who has them. \u00a0Hearty, smoky, and fantastic, these put those \u00a0gloopy canned baked beans to shame!<\/span><\/div>\n

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