Apple Pie Baked Beans with Bacon

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Apple Pie Baked Beans with Bacon brings baked beans, apple pie filling, and bacon together in one smoker pan. The apples are broken into smaller pieces before the beans go on, so they cook alongside the sauce and reach the tender finish called for here.

This is a smoked side dish with a long, uncovered cook and a clear target at the end: hot, thick, sticky beans with tender apples. Keep apple juice nearby only if the pan becomes thicker than you want during the smoke.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

The smoked beans cook in an aluminum half pan, making it easy to stir everything together before the pan goes onto the smoker. The recipe also includes an optional final layer of brown sugar and cinnamon for anyone who wants more apple-pie flavor.

There is a specific finish to aim for rather than relying on the clock alone. The beans should be hot, thick, and sticky, while the apple pieces should be tender.

Ingredients You'll Need

The base is three cans of baked beans, joined by a can of apple pie filling. Brown sugar, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, cinnamon, smoked paprika, kosher salt, and black pepper are stirred into the pan with finely chopped onion and cooked, crumbled bacon.

Use the apple pie filling as it comes from the can, but break its apple slices into smaller pieces once they are in the pan. The bacon is already cooked and crumbled before it is added, and the onion is chopped finely for the bean pan.

How To Make It

Preheat the smoker to 250°F. Add the baked beans to an aluminum half pan. Add the apple pie filling and break the apple slices into smaller pieces.

Stir in the,onion, brown sugar, maple syrup, Worcestershire, cinnamon, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper and bacon. Smoke uncovered for 1 ½-2 hours, stirring a couple of times, until the beans are hot, thick, and sticky and the apples are tender.

If they get too thick, add a splash of apple juice. If you want even more apple-pie flavor, sprinkle a little brown sugar and cinnamon over the top for the final 20 minutes.

Serving & Variations

The optional brown sugar and cinnamon topping is the source-supported way to shift the apple-pie flavor further forward. Add it only for the final 20 minutes, after the beans have already had time in the smoker.

A useful pro-tip from the recipe itself is to watch the thickness as the pan cooks uncovered. A splash of apple juice is the specified adjustment when the beans get too thick, so it is best used only when that condition comes up.

Wrapping Up

These smoked beans have a defined finish to watch for, with tender apples alongside hot, thick, sticky beans.

Recipe created by Cooking in the Yard for Trust Me Try It.

Apple Pie Baked Beans with Bacon

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 3 can baked beans 28 oz each
• 1 can apple pie filling 20-21 oz
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp smoked paprika
• 3/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 lb bacon cooked and crumbled
• 1 small onion chopped finely

Instructions

• Preheat the smoker to 250°F.
• Add the baked beans to an aluminum half pan. Add the apple pie filling and break the apple slices into smaller pieces.
• Stir in the,onion, brown sugar, maple syrup, Worcestershire, cinnamon, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper and bacon.
• Smoke uncovered for 1 ½-2 hours, stirring a couple of times, until the beans are hot, thick, and sticky and the apples are tender.
• If they get too thick, add a splash of apple juice. If you want even more apple-pie flavor, sprinkle a little brown sugar and cinnamon over the top for the final 20 minutes.