Maple Recipes – Land’s Sake

Ingredients

• 1 pound dried navy or Great Northern beans (I use Baer’s Beans, available locally)
• 8 ounces good quality slab or thick-cut smoked bacon, cut into 1/4″ pieces
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 large cloves garlic, chopped, plus one large clove, smashed
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 cups ketchup
• 6 tablespoons maple syrup (darker syrup is best)
• 6 tablespoons dark molasses
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper