BTW, last Lenten dinner was last night. I took baked beans. It was a 9x13 pan - no leftovers! Several people told me how good they were. The lady in charge of the food was one of those people & she also said ‘they’ (other food committee ladies) looked forward to what I was bringing every week because it was all so good. Wow - that made all the work worthwhile for sure & I think I have carved a small little niche out for myself among the cooks at church!
Here is that baked bean recipe:
Anastasia’s Best Ever Baked Beans
https://sweetlittlebluebird.com/anastasias-best-ever-baked-beans/
I drain one can of the beans, but leave the other 4 undrained
I use 1/4 cup of brown sugar - that is sweet enough for me.
I baked this last batch for 3 hours - recipe time is 2-3 hours.
Sounds good! At my old church (before they went insane!) I was just to the point where the Church Basement Ladies were going to teach me to make Lefse. Still mad about that!
We used to have a huge fundraiser each year with all Norwegian foods. I got to be in charge of the Pies one season and man did we go through the pies! Hundreds of them - all homemade and all so good! :)