Recipe Details

Summary

Name: American Bean Bread

Category: Baked Goods

Ingredients and Directions

1 2/3 cups pinto beans -- cooked, sieved OR

1 15 oz can pinto beans -- w/liquid, sieved

1 1/2 cups cornmeal

2 eggs -- beaten

3/4 cup buttermilk

salt -- to taste 1 teaspoon baking soda

Combine all the ingredients, beating just enough to make a smooth batter. Turn into a greased loaf pan and bake 45-50 minutes in an oven preheated to 375. When top browns and sides pull away from the pan, turn out and cool on a rack. Delicious warm with butter. Source: Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie, p. 31