Ingredients

  • 2 lbs cooked navy beans or 2 lbs other white beans
  • 1 12 cups tomato juice
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • 34 cup dark brown sugar
  • 34 cup strong black coffee
  • 12 medium red onion, chopped
  • 12 cup ketchup
  • 12 cup Bourbon
  • 4 slices thick slab bacon, chopped
  • 1 carrot, grated fine
  • 2 tablespoons unsulphured dark molasses
  • 2 tablespoons dry mustard

Method

  • Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Pour into a baking dish.
  • Bake the beans uncovered, about 1 1/2 hours, or until they have thickened and cooked down, with a"skin" just beginning to form on the top of the beans.
  • The beans reheat well and keep for several days.