Bourbon Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 0.5 cups brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground paprika
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 0.25 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 can caffeinated pepper-type soda , 12 fl oz
• 0.75 cups ketchup
• 0.25 cups Worcestershire sauce
• 8 slices bacon
• 1 large onion , finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic , minced
• 0.25 cups bourbon
• 2 cans baked beans with pork , 16 ounce

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Mix brown sugar, paprika, mustard, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk in pepper soda, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce until brown sugar is dissolved.

3. 3

   Cut 4 slices of bacon into small strips. Cook and stir in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until almost crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, reserving bacon grease.

4. 4

   Stir onion into the bacon grease in the Dutch oven; cook and stir until soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in bourbon, stirring to scrape up browned bits off the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon strips back in.

5. 5

   Pour brown sugar mixture and baked beans into the Dutch oven. Simmer until beans are heated through, about 15 minutes. Arrange remaining 4 slices of bacon on top of the beans.

6. 6

   Bake in the preheated oven, covered, until beans are bubbly and sauce is syrupy, about 2½ to 3 hours.