Aunt Itsys Bean Bread Recipes

AUNT HOLLY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon. Bake in a buttered loaf pan until a toothpick stuck into the bread comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Slice and serve.

AUNTIE MAE'S IRISH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch round glass baking dish.
• Mix flour, milk, raisins, sugar, caraway seeds, vegetable oil, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl until dough is not wet enough to pour and not dry enough to handle. Add more milk if dough is too dry. Transfer dough to the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.

AUNT NANCY'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer beef to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Drain and discard grease.
• Place bacon in the same skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels. Discard all drippings.
• Add baked beans, kidney beans, butter beans, onion, brown sugar, white sugar, ketchup, molasses, and dry mustard to the beef. Add bacon and mix all ingredients together. Transfer to a 9x13-inch aluminum pan and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 more minutes.

AUNT GINNY'S BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash beans and add water to cover 2 inches over the beans.
• Soak overnight.
• Drain and put in a 6-8 quart pot.
• Cover with 2 quarts water, or use the ham stock made the day before (you may want to use chicken or vegetable broth if you didn't use a ham bone to make a stock).
• Remove meat from ham bone and dice, discarding any fat.
• Add the remaining ingredients and the meat removed from the ham bone and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer for 3-4 hours, or until the beans are tender.
• Sometimes I will add about 1 T chili powder to the soup for a change of pace.

AUNT ITSY'S BEAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Add eggs and oil.
• Place pork n beans and water in food processor or blender and process until smooth.
• Add to above ingredients.
• Fold in nuts and raisins.
• Bake in a greased bread loaf pan for 1 hour. (toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean).