Slow Cooker Bourbon Baked Beans

No need to heat up the kitchen in any way, shape, or form for your summertime BBQ. With this Slow Cooker Bourbon BBQ Baked Beans recipe, you can let your beans simmer away on the low heat setting in your crockpot all morning.

Ingredients

• 6 pieces of bacon
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3 (15-ounce) cans undrained pork and beans
• 1 (15-ounce) can Northern Beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15-ounce) can Navy beans, drained and rinsed
• ¾ cup ketchup
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup molasses
• ¼ cup bourbon
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Cook bacon in a nonstick skillet. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat from the skillet. Saute onion in the bacon fat for 3-4 minutes.
2. Place onions and all other ingredients, except bacon, in a 6-quart crockpot. Stir well, cover, and cook on low for 4 hours.
3. Remove top, turn heat to high and cook 20 minutes to thicken some. Stir in bacon.