Baked Beans - Inquiry

Doug

I'm about to try baked beans from start to finish in the Egg. Has anyone had any direct experience actually baking beans from scratch in Humpty using either a bean pot of pven dish,etc???? I'm wondering about temperature, length of baking time and direct or indirect method of cooking. I'm already soaking the beans and will be ready to starting the actual cooking process Saturday am. Thanks for the help.

Gfw

<p />Doug, check out the link for larger pictures and a recipe - it was originally sent to me by the 'walrus' - great beans - good luck! :~}[p]
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The Walrus

Gfw,
Thank you for the praise. I agree they are great. I must thank Dorothy Thomas it was her recipe, I just made it eggable. Wait, according to Deanna House, a Cookbook author friend of mine, the changes makes it my recipe. Winter is here in Michigan. Beans for Sunday, boy now that sounds good.
the walrus

Doug

the walrus, I see you use a castiron dutch oven for your beans. Can I just use a ceramic bean pot in place of the dutch oven?? Also, what does the Baking soda do to the soaking beans?? I've been doing my baked beans in a crock pot. Somewhat difficult to get them completely soft. So now its trying them in the EGG. Thanks for your help.

The Walrus

Doug,
Yes you can use a ceramic bean pot. The soda is to help remove the flatulence cause by the beans. It was in the orginal ricipe so I left it in. I am not sure if it works. I soak the beans overnight and cook them for about one hour before they go into the Dutch Oven and into the Egg. You may want to cover your ceramic bean pot with HD foil to make it easier to clean.
the walrus