BAKED ONIONS WITH DILL

 6 medium onions

6 slices bacon

1/4 cup tomato juice

2 tbsp bacon drippings

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp dill seeds

Chopped fresh parsley for garnish

Peel onions and cut crosswise into halves. Place cut side up in a greased 10 x 6 x 20-inch baking pan or dish. 

Fry bacon until crisp, drain and crumble over the onions.

Combine the tomato juice, bacon drippings, brown sugar, salt, pepper, paprika and dill seeds, pour over the onions. Cover pan with foil and bake at 325-degrees for 1 hour or until tender, basting occasionally. Sprinkle with the parsley when ready to serve.

This recipe won 3rd place in a 1987 Country Woman Magazine.