Bess's Best Butter Beans

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FIXED AFTER 3-STAR REVIEW. This recipe falls under the category: Crowd Pleaser. Two VERY crucial ingredients distinguish it from the rest of the pack - molasses and sour cream (or yogurt) - so you won't want to forget to add them. It's adapted from an award-winning Midwestern (U.S.) cookbook "Hollyhocks and Radishes" and is great for picnics, barbecues and potlucks (just double the recipe). You can use fava (broad) beans as well as butter (lima) beans (I prefer fava myself). This can also be made a day or two ahead and reheated.

by Kumquat the Cats fr·published 2005-05-20

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Beans

Servings

8 serving(s)

Total time

1h 5m

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

255 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

2 tablespoons butter, meltedbutter
1/2 cup low-fat yogurt or 1/2 cup sour creamcream
1/2 cup brown sugarbrown-sugar
2 tablespoons molassesmolasses
2 teaspoons dry mustardmustard
1 dash salt (to taste)salt
4 (15 ounce) cans broad beans or 4 (15 ounce) cans butter beans, drained

Instructions (4 steps)

01Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
02Mix together all ingredients except beans, then combine with beans and pour into buttered 2 quart casserole.
03Cover and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake another 30 minutes, or until liquid begins to cook away but not until dry.
04NOTE: This recipe was designed to feed a crowd. If you would like to cut it in half please reduce cooking time.

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