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Start by dicing up your bacon and cooking it until it’s nice and crispy. Plus, you can keep your house cooler by keeping the stove off in the summer! This is truly the best, no-fuss way to make perfect baked beans. Make the best homemade baked beans right in your slow cooker

Make them vegetarian. Simply skip the bacon to keep these slow cooker baked beans vegetarian.

You can also use a sweeter BBQ sauce if you want extra sweetness.

Choose your sweetener. I find that dark brown sugar gives the baked beans the best rich flavor, but light brown sugar and coconut sugar will also work.

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If you like more beans than sauce, feel free to add another can of beans! As I mentioned, you can use any beans you’d like. These crockpot baked beans are super easy to customize to your taste preference and what you have on hand: Sweetness: add some extra sweetness with dark brown sugar and a little molasses.Sauce: that sweet & spicy flavor comes from ketchup, BBQ sauce (I love this spicy kind to balance the sweetness), Worcestershire sauce and some yellow mustard (or dijon).Feel free to use any combination you’d like, including black beans. Beans: the three beans I like to use are pinto beans, kidney beans and northern white beans.Veggies: we’re also cooking down some onion and garlic for extra flavor.Bacon: I love the savory element that bacon adds to the baked beans.Here’s what you’ll need to make them from scratch: Deliciously saucy, sweet and a little spicy if you’d like. Trust me when I say these homemade baked beans are the BEST you’ll ever taste. We’re skipping the bake portion of the recipe and making the entire recipe right in the slow cooker for ease! Everything you’ll need to make slow cooker baked beans Everyone’s “sauce” is a bit different and many include apple cider vinegar or even apple juice as well. Traditional, old fashioned baked beans recipes typically involve soaking dried beans overnight until they’re tender, then bringing them to a simmer in a large pot with a sweet and savory sauce, and finally, baking them right in the oven. Enter your email below to get all of my best recipes, tips, and a FREE printable checklist for all of your Thanksgiving needs.

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Whether you’re hosting or just attending, this Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide email series is for everyone. Enjoy! FREE Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide (+ printable checklist!) Yes, there’s savory bacon involved but yes, you can easily make them vegetarian! Skip the canned stuff and easily whip up these slow cooker baked beans all summer and for game day this fall. These baked beans are deliciously saucy, sweet, but not overly so, and have a kick of heat from my fav spicy BBQ sauce. The boys and I gobbled them up for dinner and couldn’t help but go back for seconds. I was craving this comforting side dish last summer and let’s just say these homemade slow cooker baked beans did not disappoint. Is there anything more Fourth of July than fresh, juicy watermelon, burgers and hot dogs on the grill, and a side of saucy baked beans? We’re kicking off the holiday weekend with a nostalgic recipe that just screams summer BBQ.

Baked beans from scratch