Peanut Butter Baked Beans

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Baked beans are my favorite summer side dish. I grew up always eating my mother’s homemade baked beans and quickly learned how to make them myself. Something my mother never did was add peanut butter to her recipe, but I did. The rich nutty flavor mixes perfectly with the sweet, smoky tomato base. This also makes a perfect vegetarian entrée for a summer cookout if you use anchovy-free Worcestershire sauce.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total time: 6 hours
Yield: 8 servings

Peanut Butter Baked Beans

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Baked Beans Ingredients - Peanut Butter & Co. Smooth Operator Peanut Butter

1 pound dry white beans
1 yellow onion, peeled and halved
4 ounces tomato paste
1/2 cup Smooth Operator peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon paprika

Procedure

1. Let the beans soak in water overnight. Drain the soaking water and put the beans into a large pot with the onion and about twice the volume of water as beans.

2. Boil the pot over a stove for 90 minutes, keeping an eye on the pot and scooping off the white foam that appears at the top of the water occasionally.

3. After cooking, remove the beans from the stove and drain the water.

Peanut Butter Baked Beans - remove the beans from the stove and drain the water

4. Combine the beans with the rest of the ingredients into a crock pot, stirring to mix.

Peanut Butter Baked Beans - Combine the beans with the rest of the ingredients into a crock pot

5. Cook on high for 4 hours until the sauce has thickened and the beans are tender, stirring the pot occasionally to make sure the sauce doesn’t stick or burn.

Peanut Butter Baked Beans - Cook on high for 4 hours

6. Keep the beans hot either in the crock pot or a warming dish until serving. Store leftovers in a seal-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Peanut Butter Baked Beans - Keep the beans hot either in the crock pot or a warming dish

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What main dish would you pair with Evan’s Peanut Butter Baked Beans? Leave a comment below and on Monday, July 2, 2012 we’ll choose a random commenter to win a 16oz jar of Smooth Operator, the peanut butter used in this recipe! US residents only.

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