Spontaneous Baked Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 30 ounces great northern beans (2 cans)
• 30 ounces canned kidney beans (2 cans)
• 15 ounces canned black beans (1 can)
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard or 1/4 cup brown mustard
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon old bay seasoning
• 10 ounces canned tomatoes and green chilies
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon soy oil (actually ginger oil, a soy oil flavored with ginger extract)

Recipe

• 1 rinse beans and pour into large casserole, or medium aluminum roasting pan.
• 2 mix remaining ingredients in a bowl with a spatula, until you has a chocolatey looking mix. it will look like grainy dark chocolate.
• 3 pour the sauce over the beans, and fold together gently until well combined.
• 4 cover and let stand in refrigerator for a few hours (i let it sit for about 18 hours, mixing midway through, but 1-2 hours is probably plenty).
• 5 cook at 350 degrees f., uncovered, for 1 hour, or until good and bubbly.