As with most other things, one night I had baked beans on my menu plan but in the middle of cooking realized there weren’t any left in the pantry. I remembered my mother always making them for BBQs with pork n beans so I gave her a call. So simple and for me it’s less expensive than buying a can of Bush’s baked beans.
Just use 2 cans pork n beans and brown sugar and BBQ sauce to taste. If I have a really strong BBQ sauce I use less, but if I’m using a honey flavored sauce it takes more. Either way I use about 1/4 cup of brown sugar. My mother also uses a bit of sauted onion, but we don’t prefer onion in ours. Just cook them in the microwave for a couple of minutes in a covered dish and you’re ready to enjoy!
Total cost for me is usually around $1.20 for 32 ounces – 3.7 cents an ounce. If I were to use dried white beans the cost would be less than half that. Bush’s baked beans cost anywhere from $.99-1.69 for a 22 ounce can depending on what sale I can find. That’s 4.5 – 7.7 an ounce.
Take a look at a can of Bush’s and see what the main ingredients are listed right under the title- you’ll be surprised at how simple the recipes are to make yourself!
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