Pinto Bean Fudge

Melt 6 oz unsweetened chocolate in pan
Add 6 tbs butter to chocolate and melt
Put 1 cup cooked, mashed pinto beans in bowl
Add 1/4 cup milk to chocolate and butter mixture.
Add to beans
Pour in powdered sugar to make thick (aprx 2 1/2 pounds)
Mix by hand and pour into buttered pan and let set.

Pinto Bean Cake

1/2 cup melted shortening
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup rainsins
2 beaten eggs
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup mashed beans
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup grated apples
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk 1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon

Add sugar and beans to melted shortening. Beat well. Add eggs, apples, milk and lemon juice. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to first mixture. Beat well. Add raisins. Bake 350 40 to 50 min. Mix powdered sugar and orange juice together. Glaze the cake while still warm.

Pork and Beans

1 quart (about 2 pounds dried navy beans)
1/4 pound salt port, cut in pieces
1 quart tomato juice
3 tbls sugar
2 tsp salt
1 cup chopped onions
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice

Pack 1 cup of beans into hot jars. Top with a piece of pork. Combine tomato juice, sugar, salt, onions, and spices. Heat to boiling. Pour hot sauce over beans, leaving 1 inch head space. Adjust cap. Process pints 1 hour and 5 min. quarts 1 hour and 15 min in a pressure canner at 10 lb pressure. Makes about 3 quarts. Double this recipe for a full canner load.

Refried Beans

1 quart of beans


Drain liquid off of beans. Place the beans in a cast iron frying pan with a little grease. while beans are warming mash with a potato masher. After beans are mash to what you like then you add your seasons. I like to add a little can milk, cream, or just plain milk with some cheese, chili, salt and pepper, with some garlic salt or granules and a little chili powder. Just season to you liking. Good served on a corn tortilla, bean burro or to just to eat them by themselves.

Bean Dip

3 cups beans ----------------------1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 cup cheese-------------------- 1/2 cup El Pato Sauce
1/2 onion

Put beans, garlic salt, el Pato sauce in blender. Blend for about 7 to 10 min. Add cheese and onions. Continue blending until smooth.

If you don't have a blender and don't mind chunky dip then mash with a potato masher add other ingredients. Still good that way.

Three Bean Salad

1 can wax beans
1 can string beans 1/2 tsp salt
1 can kidney beans 1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 cup sugar 2 small onions sliced and chopped
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

Mix everything together and chill overnight

Navy Bean Soup

2 cups navy beans 1/8 tsp. pepper
3 quarts water 1/4 tsp mustard
1 minced onion 4 tbs butter
1/2 tsp celery salt 4 tbs flour
2 tsp salt 1 tbs minced parsley

Soak beans in water to cover overnight. Drain. Add water listed, onion, and celery salt and cook until beans are very soft. Press beans through course sieve. Add salt, pepper, and mustard, melt butter, blend in flour and add to the bean mixture. Heat to boiling point stirring constantly and cook for five minutes. Serve garnished with parsley. Serves 8 to 10