Molasses-Baked Onions

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons molasses (regular or robust; not blackstrap)
• 1 ½ cups water
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 8 bacon slices (1/2 pound)
• 4 large sweet onions such as Vidalia, Walla Walla, or Oso Sweet
• 1 ½ cups tomato juice

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Peel and trim onions, keeping root ends intact, then halve each lengthwise. Arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish. Bring tomato juice, water, butter, molasse...

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