Do you mean from scratch?
I don't make them from scratch....
But we use B&M beans (usually vegetarian as we add our own bacon and I'm not into pork fat hunks!)
Several slices of bacon that have been cut up and cooked to be cooked, but are still soft.
Brown sugar or sucanot (sp?)
Maple syrup.
And like Rachel Ray, I don't measure.
So the beans are placed into a casserole dish. I add the cooked cut-up bacon and stir that up. Then I sprinkle the brown sugar across the entire dish (like it snowed about a 1/4 of an inch, but not even coverage) and then I swirly wirly the maple syrup on top. Stir it all up and then bake for about 45 minutes or so.
Since I Don't measure, it is never the same each time, but I do get compliments on it.