Stove Top Baked Beans

Some days I feel like making a comfort food.
This is one such dish that takes some planning,
a little work involved but the beans are outstanding.
The house fills up with the aroma of baked beans.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound dried navy beans
2 quarts cold water for soaking beans
2 quarts cold water for cooking beans
1/4 pound smoked bacon, diced
2 tablespoons bacon grease
1 onion, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon prepared brown mustard
2 tablespoon real maple syrup or more
1/4 cup brown sugar or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
more water for simmering beans

Directions:
Place beans in a bowl and pick out any bad things.
Cover with cold water and let sit overnight.
In the morning drain and rinse beans, then
place them in a cooking pot covered them with water.
Bring to a simmer for 1 hour.
In a skillet cook bacon until crisp, set aside.
Place bacon grease in a pot to simmer the beans in.
Add in the sliced onions and cook just until tender.
Add in molasses, ketchup, maple syrup, brown sugar,
black pepper, and garlic powder.
Place beans in pot and cover with water.
Simmer stirring once in a while for 3 hours.
Adding more water if needed.
Just before serving stir in the cooked bacon.