Crown Roast of Frankfurters with Baked Beans

Ingredients

 * 3 	 	(16 oz.) cans baked beans
 * 1/2 	cup 	Finely chopped onion
 * 1/3 	cup 	Packed dark brown sugar
 * 2 	tsp 	Dijon mustard
 * 3 	pack 	(12 oz. ea.) frankfurters (about 21 total)

Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F. In a medium saucepan, combine baked beans, onion, brown sugar and mustard. Stir until well mixed. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beans are hot, 10 to 15 minutes. Meanwhile, rinse frankfurters and blot dry with paper towels. Spear 3 hotdogs together by pushing a toothpick horizantally thorugh upper third of franks. Repeat with remaining weiners. Place a 6-inch-tall 1 ½ to 2 quart baking dish about 4 ½ inches in diameter (such as a bean pot) on an ovenproof serving platter. Lean frankfurters, skewered ends up, around outside edge of bean pot. Tie a piece of kitchen string around center of franks to secure them in a circle. Remove toothpicks. Transfer hot beans from saucepan to pot in center of franks and place platter and all in oven. Bake until weiners are golden brown and beans are bubbly, about 25 minutes. To serve, spoon beans directly form pot and use tongs to remove frankfurters.