Baked Four Bean Dish

This dish I made for a pot-luck. I barely had enough left over for dinner that night. Everyone loved this dish. Considering that in it's original state this recipe is at least 100 years old. Remember that by the early 1900s we had canned vegetables (since 1845 or so) and ground beef. Even catsup was around under the name sauced tomatoes. So while it is plauseable that the recipe could have been nearly identical to this, I actually did have to modernise it a little. The beans listed can be altered to suit your taste. I used red beans instead of butter beans, however, you can use any combination of beans with the pork n beans. So here it is:

3/4 lb ground beef
5 bacon strips, diced
1/2 cup chopped onion

These ingrediants are to be browned together in a large deep skillet over medium heat.

Meanwhile, in a large crock pot combine:
2 cans pork and beans, undrained.
1 can butter beans, rinsed and drained.
1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained.
1 can red beans
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup catsup
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
2 Tablespoons of molasses
2 Tablespoons prepared mustard
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix well and add the hamburger mixture. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake for 1 hour in 350 degree oven (or in ungreased crock pot on high with lid off for 1 hour). Serve hot.