I was never really a fan of lima beans but in my husbands familys baked beans they were fabulous. Succotash , yuck because there were lima beans in it. Over this past Labor Day weekend, my in-laws were having a BBQ and my family was also invited. It's soooo nice  that both sides of the family get along. That way I can maximize my visiting time by having both my husbands family and my family at the same event.  My mother-inlaw had a recipe from her husbands side of the family for baked beans. I said sure let's make them, I really like baked beans but never make them or buy them in a can as my hubby doesn't like them. So why make them for one person! However to my surprise the lima beans did not look green or taste yucky. My family had no idea they were lima beans until after the BBQ when I happened to mention to my younger sister(there are 4 of us girls) that I liked the baked beans even though they were lima beans. She was totally surprised and had had no idea that lima beans were used. So to fool your family and friends into eating lima beans,  use the following recipe. Happy eatings!

So here is to Aunt Dutch's Baked Beans.

 2 cans lima beans, drained well

1/2 teaspoon yellow mustard 

1/2 teaspoon chopped onion

2 tablespoons dark brown sugar

4-6 ounces of King syrup, golden table syrup or molasses

1/4 bottle ketchup (as an old fashioned recipe the measurements are not exact)

salt

Mix all of this together and let sit overnight in the refrigerator.

Cook the next day for 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees F.

And enjoy some of the best baked beans out there. Thanks Aunt Dutch from the Shreiner side of the family.

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Lima Beans not so yucky Patti (Unregistered) 2006-09-12 15:10:21 Since I was at the BBQ too, I can attest that the lima baked beans were wonderful! Go figure that we would like lima beans? Patti

Lima Beans not so yucky Carol (Unregistered) 2006-09-13 08:36:31 Since I know this family really well, Mom thinks I'm another daughter, I can hear "all" of them now just chatting away about what one of them is trying to do to all the rest!!!

Wow baked lima beans! thelma (Unregistered) 2006-09-15 13:10:18 I've gotta say I would not have thought that Lima beans would taste good as baked beans! I'll have to try it.

guy (Unregistered) 2006-09-16 16:15:23 Have you considered substituting Edemame (sp?) beans? My eight year old son wouldn't touch lima beans with a ten foot pole but loves to eat edemame beans. You can buy them preshelled in the freezer section of the grocery store. I usually steam them rather than boil and then serve them hot. I throw any leftovers into the fridge and eat them later as a snack. That is if I hide them in the back where my som doesn't find them.

SeleneSue (Registered) 2006-09-19 10:50:44 This sounds like a great apology for serving lima beans at all! The only way I managed to serve lima beans to my legume-hating friend Nancy was to make lima beans out of light green tinted marzipan. Bwahahaha.

Baked Beans Claudia (Unregistered) 2007-05-24 00:57:07

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