Crock Pot Baked Beans

Made with ham bone, home canned tomatoes, home canned chicken broth.

There are lots of ways to make slow cooker or crock pot baked beans. This recipe is very easy and uses only a few ingredients. Great for cooking on a budget it uses only a small amount of meat or no meat at all.

Ingredients
• 2 cups dried beans - pinto beans, red or kidney beans
• 1 ham bone (save your bone with a bit of meat left over from a ham dinner)
• 1 Onion- chopped
• 1 quart homemade chicken broth.
• 1 quart home canned tomatoes - whole, halved or even pureed would work.
• Salt -to taste
• Water
• 2 T bottled lemon Juice

Start this in the morning, the day before you plan to eat it.

Rinse beans and cover with water. Add 2T bottled lemon juice. Cover and let soak all day. NOT cooking just soaking. I usually soak this right in my crock pot or slow cooker. I will be cooking it in the cooker so I don't see a need to get another pot dirty.

In the evening, drain beans. Add ham bone, any bits of meat, and chopped onion. pour in 1 quart canned chicken broth, add enough water to cover. Cook on low overnight.

In the morning, add 1 quart of home canned tomatoes to cover beans. Add more canned tomatoes if you need it to get the beans fully covered. Cook on low all day. Adding water as needed to keep beans covered.

Actual cooking time will vary according to your beans.

Taste and add salt if needed. This will depend on your ham bone. The leftover ham may have enough salt.

Your house will smell great all day and your dinner will be ready when you are. Remove the ham bone just before serving.

These crock pot baked beans take lots of time but not a whole lot of labor!

Enjoy! Serve with corn bread or rice if desired.