my mother's southern pinto bean pie

Name: My Mother's Southern Pinto Bean Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) pinto beans, cooked & mashed; 1 1/2 stick(s) butter; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 3 cup(s) sugar (ok to use 1 1/2 cups white sugar, and 1 1/2 cups splenda artificial sweetener; 1 cup(s) milk; 1 cup(s) coconut; 1 cup(s) pecans, in pieces; 4 - eggs

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Linda Edwards-Jackson

Boise, ID. & Dallas, NC

Updated on Jan 17, 2012

This was my Mother's recipe. I have made it, and really liked it.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 8 - 10

Ingredients

1 cup pinto beans, cooked & mashed
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups sugar (ok to use 1 1/2 cups white sugar, and 1 1/2 cups splenda artificial sweetener
1 cup milk
1 cup coconut
1 cup pecans, in pieces
4 - eggs

How To Make my mother's southern pinto bean pie

Step 1

Cook 1/2 cup dried pinto beans in 3 cups of water 1 1/2 hrs. or til tender. Add 1/2 tsp. salt. I don't use any oil or shortening when cooking the beans.

Step 2

Cream butter & sugar. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Pour into 2 large pie shells. Bake @ 300 degrees for one hour.
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