Gluten Free Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe

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Gluten Free Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe There are certain things that make me crazy, like when gluten is added to foods that are naturally gluten-free!  Like canned baked beans!  For crying out loud, why ADD gluten to beans ? So I decided to make my own baked beans gluten free recipe for a barbeque but I didn’t want to actually BAKE them because it is almost 100 degrees outside with like 99 percent humidity – ahhh … the joys of Florida in the summer ! So with a little help of my slow cooker and a bag of Hurst Family Harvest Tri-Bean Soup mix , I made the most wonderful tasting gluten-free baked beans and kept my cool.  They even had this fabulous smoky flavor without an ounce of bacon, thanks to the flavor packet in the bean mix.

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I really wanted to keep the recipe vegan for my sister but also please my g-kid Julian whose favorite food in the world is baked pork and beans. For a nice vegetarian or vegan meal, serve the beans over some gluten-free cornbread like we did – yummers ! You need to plan ahead to make this recipe since the beans need to pre-cook and soak overnight but it takes very little work and I did the pre-cooking while I already had the kitchen heated up making dinner. Love this – do all the cooking at one time! Slow Cooker Baked Beans Ingredients 1 packet Hurst Family Harvest Tri-Bean Soup Mix 8 cups water 1 cup chopped onion (about ½ medium onion) ¼ cup ketchup

Gluten Free Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe: 

Gluten Free Slow Cooker Baked Beans Recipe

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1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ½ cup molasses ¼ cup light brown sugar 1 teaspoon dry mustard ¼ teaspoon black pepper Directions The night before, combine the bean from the bean mix (reserve the flavor packet for later) and water in a large saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook for 1 ½ hours.  Pour the beans and the cooking liquid into a bowl, let cool and refrigerate overnight (8 -12 hours ). In the morning, drain off all but 1 cup of the liquid and put the beans into a slow cooker with the reserved flavor packet and the remaining ingredients.  Cook on low for 10 – 12 hours (you can cook longer if you like your beans softer).  To concentrate the liquid more, turn the slow cooker to high for the last hour of cooking

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Can be made several days ahead, it gets better and better with time.  Store covered in the refrigerator . This gluten free recipe makes 10 servings . Simply…Gluten-Free Desserts is now available, with over 135 recipes not featured in my blog . Available at bookstores including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Powells , Books-a-Million and Amazon. You can get it also HERE Resource : http://simplygluten-free.com/blog/2011/07/gluten-free-slow-cooker-baked-beans.html