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.