A staple of nearly every backyard barbecue growing up was baked beans. Now, if I’m being honest, I was a verrrrry picky eater as a child. You couldn’t pay me to eat beans. Well, now as an adult, of course times have changed. These remind me of my grandmother. She was always in charge of the baked bean casserole. They were my grandfather’s favorite. The recipe has evolved a bit since that time.

The smells coming out of the oven when baking this recipe are absolutely heavenly! I’m not even kidding. Heavenly!

I was going to hold off posting this, but I have another recipe coming up using these Brown Sugar Barbecue Baked Beans and they were so yummy, I simply couldn’t resist sharing with you 🙂

The hardest part about making this recipe is that they take nearly 90 minutes to bake (yes, you read that correctly). But trust me, it’s worth it.

You’ll just have to wait for the companion recipe using these beans in a few days, but … {Spoiler Alert} … it involves grilled cheese! 🙂

***UPDATE*** The recipe is now up! It’s our Vegan British Grilled Cheese with Baked Beans