Crown Roast of Frankfurters with Baked Beans

Ingredients

 * 3 (16 oz.) cans * ½ cup finely chopped onion
 * ⅓ cup, packed dark brown sugar
 * 2 tsp Dijon mustard
 * 3 packs (12 oz ea.) frankfurters (about 21 total)

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 400 °F.
 * 2) In a medium saucepan, combine baked beans, onion, brown sugar and mustard.
 * 3) Stir until well mixed.
 * 4) Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until baked beans are hot, 10 to 15 minutes.
 * 5) Meanwhile, rinse frankfurters and blot dry with paper towels.
 * 6) Spear 3 hot dogs together by pushing a toothpick horizontally through upper third of franks.
 * 7) Repeat with remaining wieners.
 * 8) Place a 6-inch-tall 1½ to 2 quart baking dish about 4½ inches in diameter (such as a bean pot) on an oven-proof serving platter.
 * 9) Lean frankfurters, skewered ends up, around outside edge of bean pot.
 * 10) Tie a piece of kitchen string around center of franks to secure them in a circle.
 * 11) Remove toothpicks.
 * 12) Transfer hot baked beans from saucepan to pot in center of franks and place platter and all in oven.
 * 13) Bake until weiners are golden brown and baked beans are bubbly, about 25 minutes.
 * 14) To serve, spoon baked beans directly form pot and use tongs to remove frankfurters.