Spicy Baked Beans With Ease

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons mustard (such as french’s)
• 3 cups ketchup
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 medium green or red bell pepper, diced
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sorghum or honey
• 1 tablespoon mike mills’ magic dust (see recipe, below)
• 1 can pork and beans, such as campbell’s (28 ounces)
• 1 can red kidney beans, rinsed (19 ounces)
• 1 can large butter beans, rinsed (15 1/2-ounces)
• 1 can your favorite beans (we liked navy beans), rinsed ( (15 1/2-ounce)
• 4 to 5 uncooked bacon strips, a few cooked ribs, or 1/4 cup pulled pork
• 1/2 cup paprika
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons mustard powder
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 1/4 cup cumin
• 2 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 cup granulated garlic
• 2 tablespoons cayenne powder