Best Baked Beans Recipe

This isn't your ordinary baked beans recipe.  It's low in sugar, and the bourbon makes it unique.

Servings 4

• 1 teaspoon grape seed oil
• 1 medium carrot, chopped fine
• 2 stalks celery, chopped fine
• 1/2 small onion, chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon honey , local
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 cups great northern beans, cooked
• 1/4 cup Red Stag bourbon, optional
• 1/4 cup catsup

Heat olive oil in a skillet, add carrots, celery, and onion and sauté until soft.  Add honey and stir until caramelized. Mix in cayenne pepper. Add Bourbon (optional) and stir over medium heat for 1 miuten.  Add catsup and mix in. Add beans and gently mix in.Place beans in 4 crocks or 1 casserole dish, cover and bake for 30 min in a 350 degree oven

Per Serving : 201 Calories; 4g Fat (20.4% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 8g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 204mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 Grain (Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

Food purchased from Leon's Gourmet Grocer and prepared in a kitchen at Schaefer's.