When I attended a summer social last month in Asheville, I received a little recipe book with recipes for Musselman’s Apple Butter. Apple Butter. Honestly, I had never used apple butter in recipes, so I was intrigued.
Flipping through the recipe book, I saw a photo and recipe for Apple Butter Bake Beans. As luck would have it, I have been wanting a good recipe for making homemade baked beans. It must have been meant for me to try. So I did.
The recipe was easy to follow. The only ingredients that I didn’t have on hand at the time were minced dried onion and the apple butter. Oh, and I didn’t have the beans. Silly me. Can’t have baked beans without the beans, can you?
I made my shopping list and headed to the store. When I returned I got to work making the tangy dish. It was so easy. In fact, there are only three – just three – steps for making them as you will see in the recipe below.
Combine apple butter, honey, ketchup, water, onion, salt, and cayenne.
Add northern, black, and red or pinto beans.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Easy, peasy.
I thought that they tasted good. One thing would have made it better. Only one little thing. Bacon. That is just my opinion.
Musselman’s Apple Butter Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 cup Musselman's Apple Butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 Tbsp minced dried onion
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 can, 15.5 oz great northern beans, drained
- 1 can, 15.5 oz black beans, drained, rinsed
- 1 can, 15 oz red or pinto beans, drained
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix all ingredients except beans in large bowl. Stir in beans. Pour into 2-quart baking dish or casserole.
- Bake 50-60 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Notes
***Recipe reprinted with permission.
This is probably one of the most delicious bean recipes I’ve come across so far!
This looks delicious. I love beans, I’m going to try this.
We love bacon in our baked beans and this look delicious! I’ll have to make it soon.
I love baked beans and apple butter. This sounds like such a great combo that I will have to try it.
I would never have thought to use apple butter in baked beans but that sure does look good! I love baked beans!
Those sound very tasty. I think I’ve only had baked beans once in my entire life and I’d love to try these.
Mmmm… those beans look great & the apple butter seems like a smart addition.
Yes, I have to agree the bacon would have made it a lot better. Otherwise, they do look and sound really good.
I really enjoy baked beans and will have to give this recipe a try. Thanks for posting.
Bacon does make everything better 😉 I think this is the first recipe I can ever recall seeing that has apple butter in baked beans!
That looks amazing! My hubby always puts brown sugar in his beans,
Bacon totally makes everything taste better! This sounds like a great barbecue side though and I love how easy it is to make!
I never would have thought to add it to baked beans, but yes. I can totally see that working!
Apple butter sounds utterly divine, what a great ingredient for recipes!
I have never baked with apple butter, but it is a great idea! I haven’t had apple butter in years, totally gonna have to buy some!
Their apple butter, is amazing! I love it!
WOW those are homemade beans. I had never had apple butter until I met my husband LOL.