Slow Roasted Baked Beans & Molasses with Bacon on Top - Yum!

I made these beans for the first time on July 4.  They were so great.  It was a bacon, molasses, food experience.  Yowza.  Enjoy!  You'll be thanking me tomorrow!

Slow Roasted Molasses Baked Beans with Bacon on Top - Yum!

8 slices bacon - halved
1 onion diced
3 large cans pork & beans
3/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons White Vinegar
2 teaspoons dry mustard
3 shakes of Worcestershire sauce

Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat to 325 degrees.  Fry bacon in a large pan until it is partially cooked and has released 1/4 cup drippings.  Remove bacon from the pan and place on paper towels to drain.  Reserve bacon grease and drippings (you'll be glad you did).  Add onions to pan and saute until tender - approximately five minutes.  Add the rest of the ingredients to the pan (but not the bacon).  Bring to a simmer and then pour into a 9 x 13 ovenproof pan.  Top with the bacon and bake until the beans are bubbly and the sauce is the consistency of pancake syrup.  This is about 2 hours.  Let rest and then serve warm.  (Don't dip into the molten hot beans or your will burn your lips off - voice of experience here.)

The original recipe calls for bbq sauce and green pepper - neither of which our family was jumping up and down about.  But the recipe is amazing.  AMAZING.  Bacon tastes like candy on top.  My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Original Recipe from Pioneer Woman