Beans slow-cooked to perfection with brown sugar and bacon. This is my classic recipe for baked beans that I make over and over.
If I’m not making these homestyle baked beans, I make Hawaiian baked beans or land your man baked beans.
This easy baked bean recipe for your crockpot is a classic and easy recipe. Great for a weekend barbecue or for taking to a potluck.
How to make the best baked beans:
- Bush’s Baked Beans – I use the homestyle or original variety. I prefer not to use any flavored varieties such as maple or onion for they can be overpowering.
- Bacon – cook the bacon halfway (not completely done and crisp) doing this will give the beans a browned flavor but also allow the bacon to realease some of its juices into the beans.
- Barbecue – Use your favorite here. I like a plain barbecue sauce for this recipe.
- Brown sugar – I only add one tablespoon so the beans aren’t too sweet.
- Mustard – Adds a contrast to the sweet in this recipe.
- Sweet Yellow Onion – Just one cup diced will do.
- Worcestershire Sauce – this is the secret ingredient! Add a little tang to the beans
How long do I cook?
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on LOW for 5 hours or on HIGH for 3.5 hours.
Can I use Pork and Beans instead of baked beans?
If you choose to use pork and beans instead of baked beans in this recipe I would double the brown sugar and barbecue sauce in this recipe for they are less sweet than baked beans
How can I sweeten these without using brown sugar?
Use 2 tablespoons of one of these below:
- Honey
- White sugar
- Maple syrup
What other meat can I use instead of bacon?
- 1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained
- 1 lb. ground sausage, browned and drained
- 1-2 cups diced ham
- 8 ounces turkey bacon, sliced, cooked halfway and drained
Other baked bean recipes to try:
- Slow Cooker Land your Man Baked Beans
- Slow Cooker Root Beer Baked Beans
- Slow Cooker Hawaiian Baked Beans
- Slow Cooker Spicy Cowboy Beans
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Slow Cooker Baked Beans
Ingredients:
- 8 oz. bacon (half of a 16 oz. package)
- 56 oz. Homestyle Bush's Baked Beans
- 1 cup diced yellow onion
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard
- 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Instructions:
- Slice the raw bacon into 1/2 inch pieces. Cook on the stove top in a skillet until HALFWAY browned, drain. Add to the slow cooker.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on LOW for 5 hours or HIGH for 3.5 hours.
- Stir, serve and enjoy!
- Note – If your slow cooker cooks hot, be sure to stir these once or twice at the end of the cooking time. Mine had no problem, but often on thick and sweet recipes they tend to stick on the edges.
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Recipe Notes:
- white sugar
- maple syrup
- honey
- 1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained
- 1 lb. ground sausage, browned and drained
- 1-2 cups diced ham
- 8 ounces turkey bacon, sliced, cooked halfway and drained
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
I was just wondering what type of BBQ sauce. I always use Sweet Baby Rays Honey Chipotle. Would that be too spicy?
That may be on the spicy side. I usually use original sweet baby rays.
So good and easy! I had several people ask for the recipe
Great recipe! I don’t cook much, however this is a family favorite that everybody likes.
I get so many compliments about these baked beans. Love them!!
This recipe is a keeper! I was looking for just the right recipe that didn’t involve cooking overnight in the oven the old-fashioned way (like I used to do) with a long list of ingredients. I printed this recipe back when the ingredients stated 1 TBSP of brown sugar instead of 2. In my opinion, 1 is enough. These beans have a sweet taste that is just right. I used 1 medium onion and I subbed the bacon for diced pancetta.
Thanks! I will change it back to one, and people can add another if they want after they taste.
I had to up the brown sugar to two tbsp. We like our baked beans on the sweeter side.
In the description next to brown sugar it says 2 tablespoons but in the actual recipe ingredient part it says 1 tablespoon. Just wondering which one it is? Thanks!
It’s 2! Thanks for letting me know.
I added a cup of diced green peppers and left the bacon out.
If I made this with dried if I made this with dried beans, after soaking overnight, what extra ingredient would I add to the rest of the recipe.
to really amp up this recipe, add a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple, undrained – a tablespoon of molasses would also help,,,bob
Too much onion for my taste. If I make it again, I will use only 1/2 cup onion and maybe a little less Worcestershire sauce.
Can these be frozen and for how long will they stay
I freeze my baked beans all the time in washed out cottage cheese/sour cream containers. They sometimes develop ice crystals on top, but I just scrape them off and let thaw on counter. We just pulled some out of the freezer over Labor Day, from when i froze them in 2019. Tasted great, like I had just made them.
What size crockpot is needed?
4-quart or larger. Thanks for asking. I will add it to the recipe. I missed this one.
You Go Deb! The beans were great, I was looking for “crockpot” baked beans and this is it!
Hi! Can I double the recipe in the same crock pot? Would the cook time be the same?
Hi! I do believe the cook time will be the same. Most of the ingredients are room temperature, so it will be fine. 🙂