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

 * 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 Beans are hot, 10 to 15 minutes.
 * 5) Meanwhile, rinse frankfurters and blot dry with paper towels.
 * 6) Spear 3 hotdogs together by pushing a toothpick horizantally thorugh upper third of franks.
 * 7) Repeat with remaining weiners.
 * 8) 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.
 * 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 Beans from saucepan to pot in center of franks and place platter and all in oven.
 * 13) Bake until weiners are golden brown and Beans are bubbly, about 25 minutes.
 * 14) To serve, spoon Beans directly form pot and use tongs to remove frankfurters.