Granny Fearing's Baked Beans

Yield: 12 servings

• Two 12-ounce cans pork and beans
• 2 large onions, finely chopped
• Two 12-ounce bottles Heinz ketchup
• 1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
• 2¼ cups packed light brown sugar
• ¼ cup molasses
• ½ Tablespoon Heinz sweet gherkin juice
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 pound smoked bacon, thickly sliced
• Salt and cracked black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine pork and beans, onion, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, molasses, gherkin juice, vinegar, salt and pepper to taste into two 2-quart casseroles. Top with strips of bacon. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 1½ hours. Remove foil for last 30 minutes of baking. Serve hot or cold.