Drain your cans of Bush's baked beans of all the juice they are packed in.  (This is a very important step!!)

Then, pour out the beans into a deep 10x13 or similar size baking dish, stirring to mix the plain/onion-flavor beans together.

Chop up a whole red pepper into small pieces, and mix this in.   Add the tablespoon of mustard (your preference, Gulden's spicy brown or ordinary yellow, or whatever brand you like-- all work equally well).   Add the bacon bits, stir in the molasses, and sprinkle with pepper.    Stir all ingredients until nicely mixed.

Cook the beans for 1 hour in a pre-heated, 325 degree oven.  

You will love the sweet flavor of these beans.   This was my mother-in-law's recipe.  

If you prefer more onions in your beans, or just want to have more to serve, another 1/2 lb. can of Bush's real onion-flavored baked beans can be added without adjusting any of the other ingredients.    A nice touch is to add a few strips of bacon across the top, but I personally get all the bacon flavor I need from the bacon bits. 

 I don't use any other brand of molasses but Grandma's.   It's the one with the yellow label and lid.   Any other molasses I've used with the recipe just doesn't taste as good.