Baked beans are legumes cooked in a sauce consisting of bold ingredients like ketchup, spices and vinegar. Depending on the region, you'll see different versions of this dish as it's common to add ...

Making baked beans from scratch isn't fast, but it is easy. Though the dry beans do need to be soaked overnight, then baked for a couple hours, actual hands-on cooking time is just about 15 minutes.

I tried three baked-bean recipes from Gordon Ramsay, Rachael Ray, and Giada De Laurentiis. Ray's recipe called for precooked barbecue baked beans that overpowered the other ingredients. Giada's recipe ...