Best In Show Baked Beans

Finally, I will give up how I make them! I have gotten raves for my baked beans over the years and I decided to not tell exactly how I made them so that at the next church event there wouldn't be 5 dishes of them. Selfish, I know.

I have never used a recipe, so I decided to write down everything I did, so that at least my kids would be able to carry on the "Best In Show" at all their BBQ's.

I have been able to convert non bean eater's with this recipe. I make a lot and freeze the rest if there are any leftovers!

Making the beans I found that all-beef smoked sausage dries out cooking it a long time. The all-meat smoked sausage stays moist. I have also played around with different smoked sausages and I always come back to Hillshire Farms.It holds up and you never find hard pieces of meat or fat in it. I have tried making them in a crock pot (multiple crock pots) but the juices and sugars don't reduce down like they do in the oven. I stick with what works for me.



How easy can a recipe be, if you just throw everything into the pan and bake?

Hot, bubbly, sweet, smokey, and yummy....

Best In Show Baked Beans
4 cans of Pork and Beans
1lb (Hillshire Farms)all meat smoked sausage cut in 1/4 inch slices
1lb Maple Bacon Thick sliced diced into cubes
2 1/2c. brown sugar
1/4 c. molasses
3Tlb. Worcestershire sauce
1tsp. liquid smoke
2T smoked paprika
1c. ketchup
l Tlb. yellow mustard
1 lg. yellow onions chopped
1/2 bell pepper diced fine

Throw everything in a medium roaster or a medium throw away foil pan. Bake 300 degrees for 2 hours, stirring once. Remove and let cool. It thickens after its cooled.

Elvis' Peanut Butter Banana Bacon Sandwich

Dedicated to the King of Rock-N-Roll! Hopefully, this sandwich isn't what killed him! Also, to my dear friend Cleo, whom I have never met a greater Elvis fan than her! She was my all time best scrapbooking buddy ever.


My husband will only make a sandwich with 2 slices of lunch meat, slice of cheese, mustard and mayo. No lettuse or pickles... no frills. He's a creature of habit and can't seem to think out of the boring sandwich box! I have seen him put a dollop of peanut butter on a banana and eat it.That's about as close to excitement as he can manage in the kitchem. No problem... he has me.



Elvis Sammie

Throw caution to the wind. This is the true low calorie count sammie. Not! Don't even try counting them!

I take a rustic loaf of bread and cut several slices. Butter the bread with that yellow goodness (remember you have thrown caution to the wind) and place one slice into a med-high skillet. Spread mayo (not Miracle Whip... no miracle to me) on the on the other slice of bread.

Smear on some peanut butter goodness, some sliced bananas and some crisp bacon slices.





Add the other slice of bread on top.






Smash the sandwich down by using the weight of another heavy skillet.
This beats paying $80 bucks for a Panini press!



'Sandwiched' between two cast iron skillets.

 Toast a few minutes till golden brown and flip. Toast the other side and enjoy!
Humming, "You ain't nothin but a hound dog" (with my mouth full).