These are my Grandma’s baked beans. I can’t nearly make them as good. I remember as a kid eating beans and franks in her kitchen… that’s the life, man.
Rinse and soak white beans overnight in a large bowl with 10 cups of water. You’ll need a large bowl. The following morning, drain and rinse white beans.
Peel onion, but leave whole, cutting only the top off and notching, place in crock with ham hocks.
Add white beans.
In a separate bowl, mix brown sugar, mustard, pepper, and clove in warm water. Add to crock. Bake for 8 hours at 200-250°F – temp is important. A slow simmer is ok.
In the last hour or so, add the molasses. When done discard the onion and remove the meat from the hocks and add back to the beans… mmmm.