Bourbon and DP Baked Beans

Basically, I followed the recipe with three exceptions. #1 - I DOUBLED the recipe. #2 - I disregarded the bacon quantity and method of using the bacon. I prefer to cut up 1 pound of thick sliced bacon, cut into 3/4"-1" pieces, and fried to "extra crisp". I did not place any bacon on top. #3 - I increased the Bourbon to 1 cup rather than 1/2 cup. There wasn't enough left for a good midnight snack!! Prepared as a side dish with Pineapple Pulled Pork. Added oven roasted potatoes and called it dinner. Final Note: The beans were too "soupy" when doubling the Dr Pepper and Bourbon, so I took off about 3 cups of liquid from the beans, set it aside, reheated at dinnertime and it became a marvelous sauce for the pulled pork. Enjoy, I did!!!

Made as directed. They were just a little too sweet. Next time I will lessen the sugar and increase the mustard, paprika and cayenne. I used Makers Mark bourbon.

I made these beans for our get-to-gather for our Memorial Day celebration yesterday I made them exactly per the recipe and cooked them; probably another 30 minutes as they were still a little too soupy, but were they ever good. I've been asked to make them again for the Fourth of July. I think they are super delicious and most everyone else did also. This is an excellent recipe..

1.7.17 I had concerns that 3 hours @ 350 would be way too long for baking these beans, and mine were perfectly done in 65 minutes. I scaled this recipe down to 4 servings using one can of beans. I wanted my bacon slices on the top crisp, so I didn't cover the casserole. I forgot to add the Worcestershire sauce, but still, these were some of the best baked beans I've ever had (and I've had a lot!). dwfalls78, thanks for sharing your recipe.

Wow! I made this for the 4th and they were super easy and good. I did add an extra can of pork and beans and didnot adjust the other ingredients. Ive never been a baked beans person but these were very well received.

I hate to be a stick in the mud and only give 4 stars but. I doubled this recipe and had to scoop out the extra “soup”. I doubled recipe. If I make again, I would drain the beans before adding the rest of the recipe. Great taste though.

This recipe was awesome!! I added butter beans and a can of green beans and a little more cayenne pepper and everyone loved them. I will make this recipe again, only a larger batch because there weren't any leftovers.

I made this to bring to thanksgiving and it went over well. I doubled the recipe and omitted the onions entirely because my brother in law has an allergy to them. I followed a combination of tips from some of the other reviews that said it came out soupy when doubled and it came out perfect. Here’s what I did: Because we love bacon I fried up a whole pound (though my kids ate some so probably only 0.5-0.75 actually made it into the pot). I drained the four cans of beans (remember I’m doubling the recipe) in a strainer but didn’t rinse. I drained most of the bacon grease off since a pound makes a lot more than the original recipe would have called for, I left enough in my cast iron Dutch oven to sauté the garlic. I omitted the step with the onions entirely. I combined all the sauce ingredients (doubled) as directed to keep the flavor consistency except my store didn’t have cans of Dr Pepper so I used one 20 oz bottle. I meant to go back and add another 4 ounces but forgot. I only added 3 cups of the sauce mixture in when I added the beans since people said it got soupy. (About half of what I made- I threw the rest of the sauce out but it would have made a nice sauce for something else if I was making a meat). Since I was on a time constraint I didn’t want to worry about raw bacon on top so I omitted that and simply covered with the lid of my Dutch oven. This came out perfectly- not soupy when cooked for exactly 2 hours; I stirred twice during that time. At one hour the flavor

This was great!! I added more bourbon and this got huge marks at the BBQ. I got a few requests for the recipe! I had no problem with the liquid reducing at all.

This recipe was a big hit at my holiday family gathering! I have tried numerous baked bean recipes, but it seems this one was very well liked!

These are the best baked beans I have ever eaten!!!! My company all asked for the recipe!

This was excellent! I changed it up a bit, because I don't care for either DP or Bourbon. So, Irish whisky and Root Beer was delicious!

I have made this three times so far with an addition of a little brisket and bbq sauce instead of ketchup, everyone loves it.

These were way too sweet for our taste, being from Michigan and not the south, and I only put in 1/4 cup brown sugar. Also, I’m wondering if their “canned baked beans” meant Campbells beans.” I used Bush’s baked beans which are already sweetened.

This recipe was great. My family asked for it every time we get together. I have made it Many times.

Made as directed, tasted amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Delicious!!!

Fantastic! Took to a party and received many requests for the recipe. I made a much larger batch. My only tweak was not using quite all of the liquid. I like my beans kinda sticky, not runny so i used enough to completely cover the beans and reserved the rest figuring i could always add more liquid part way through if needed. Worked out perfect without adding all of it in my case but easy to adjust if you like your beans a little different. Dont tell my mom, but these are the new fav for me.

The best I have made.

I made this in a crock pot cooked on high for 4 hours then low for 2 hours. Best beans ever, I made it for a party and everyone loved it. I did add 1 pound of cooked hamburger, one chopped onion and 1 bell pepper which I sautéed together before adding. Excellent! Will make again.

It was very good but a little too sweet.

3 HOURS!!! to bake seems excessive but I followed exact directions and the beans are so close to being burnt. They taste ok but in my opinion not eye appealing to serve to company. I would have considered more stars for ingredients & decent flavors but very frustrating to waste money & a lot of time on a dish I can’t serve

Made these for a Memorial Day BBQ and they were a hit! We made them exactly according to the recipe and they came out perfect. I will double the recipe next time since they were so popular.

My only bean recipe!

Did not change a thing (which is unusual for me). My 4th of July crowd came back for 2nd's and 3rd's. A KEEPER!

Great as written

Less cayenne for kid friendly. Other than that it was DELICIOUS!!! The hubby loved it!

I cooked in crockpot to avoid heating up kitchen. Worked great .... they thickened up and are right consistency to serve. They are a little sweet for my liking but my husband loves em. I'll probably adjust amount of brown sugar.

Very good I did add another can of beans and 1 T of molasses but overall very good.

This recipe works great! Some of the tastiest beans ever! Followed the recipe almost exactly, except had to use bbq sauce instead of ketchup, since we were out. Definitely will make again. Maybe more bacon next time, but that's just a personal preference.

Delicious! I upped the bourbon to 1 cup and also limited the wet sauce to 3 cups since other users complained about soupiness. I doubled the onions and the bacon and it was BANGIN. Incredibly flavor and perfect!

I love it. I added some chopped Lil’ Smokies. So delicious.

I tasted before they went into the oven was really good. I did note that at least a couple people said they were very sweet, so I used maybe close to 2 TBSP of prepared mustard instead of the mustard powder. But thanks for the recipe. I’m sure they will be great with brisket and all the fixings.

I add some Lil Smokies, substituted Root Beer for the Dr Pepper, and they are delicious!

I thought the flavors in this recipe were excellent. I used 4 slices of bacon. Two sliced up for recipe and two on top cut in half. There was too much liquid in the recipe. For next time, I would drain the liquid off the top of the beans and only use 4 oz. of soda. I baked at 325 degrees for 2 hours and put under the broiler for 5 minutes at the end to crisp up the bacon a bit.

My family all loved the unique flavor.

Amazing! I was short on time. In a deep skillet, after cooking onions I added the rest of the ingredients brought it to a boil and then decreased the heat. My intent was to cook off some the liquid and then put in the oven to finish. I kept stirring and within 45 minutes, the beans were ready without going into the oven. Absolutely delicious! Beans were gone. Made it again next day and added left over BBQ meat. Family loves this dish!!!

I made this and took it to a party; everyone loved it and there was none left to take home.