Baked Beans

Ingredients:
2 large cans pork & beans
3/4-1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp mustard
1/2 cup Log Cabin Syrup
1 small onion, chopped
1 small bell pepper, chopped
1 package hickory smoked bacon
1/4 cup COLD water
3 tbsp corn starch

Directions:
This recipe makes a 9x13 casserole dish. If using smaller dish, 1/2 this recipe.

***I cut my bacon into small pieces with a pair of kitchen scissors before frying. You can certainly fry individual pieces of bacon and crumble when done, or simply place raw bacon on top of beans before cooking***

Preheat oven to 350F

In skillet, brown bacon. Just before bacon is done, add onion and bell pepper and cook until bacon is done. Drain and remove from pan. In 5 quart pan, add cans of beans, and add cooked bacon, onion and bell pepper. Heat on medium temperature. Add brown sugar, mustard, and chili powder. Add LOG CABIN brand syrup....this is important!!!! It just doesn't taste the same with other brands of syrup... Feel free to taste at this point. Adjust any of the ingredients as needed. In small bowl, add about 3 tbsp of corn starch to COLD water. Add to beans once they are warm. Place beans into casserole dish, cover with foil and cook in oven at 350F for about one hour.