Bean pie

I got hooked on the Bean Pie I used to get from the Muslim bakery back home, so had to try and recreate it! This is very good and reminds me of pumpkin pie, except it's made from beans. :-) (To get the beans smoothly mashed, I would recommend a food processor).

If you love pumpkin pie or sweet potato pie, then you will be a fan of bean pie too. This pie, which relies largely on pantry ingredients, has a lovely custard filling consisting of drained canned navy beans, sweetened condensed milk, and brown sugar. This pie, which is popular in the African American Muslim community, is a wonderful way to use up extra canned beans—and to add a little more protein to your desserts.

Sweet Bean Pie !! from the Nation of Islam – Mariela Campbell Photography

Navy Bean Pie is a sweet custard pie in which the filling consists of mashed navy beans, sugar, butter, milk, and spices. Simple and unexpectedly delicious!

This bean pie is a traditional Muslim recipe made with canned navy beans, evaporated milk, and sugar. It's similar to pumpkin pie but not as sweet.

Classic Bean Pie 2 | Just A Pinch Recipes

And it's absolutely delicious....

Eeeww Bean Pie??? you say!…. I know huh! I remember when my husband Demetris mentioned Bean Pie to me…..my instant reaction was eewww dude that sounds gross!! being that I am not …

"I make this every Christmas and literally have to make it in the dead of the night and then hide it from my family if I want any of it to make it out of...

Sweet White Bean Pie made with baby lima beans I started off soaking my baby lima beans for 24 hours when I realized I had soaked more than I needed for the bean curry I had intended to make. In searching for a recipe to use these excess soaked beans, I remembered those bean pies I used to buy from some Islamic vendors dressed in suits on Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson in Los Angeles. They were so good. You would never know they had beans in it at all. If my memory serves me right, it was…

Try your luck at home, but it's a safer bet to buy one.

Find a recipe for Bush's Pinto Bean Pie from the Bush Brothers & Company.

I got hooked on the Bean Pie I used to get from the Muslim bakery back home, so had to try and recreate it! This is very good and reminds me of pumpkin pie, except it's made from beans. :-) (To get the beans smoothly mashed, I would recommend a food processor).

Pumpkin Pie from scratch!

Growing up in a little Northern USA city called New York, one of the thing you were likely to see were Black men wearing bow-ties who would say, “Bean pies, my brother?” They are usuall…

Southern Bean Pie | Just A Pinch Recipes

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

F.O.I. BEAN PIE recipe is from TEACHERS OF GOOD THINGS * THE BOOK OF RUTH , one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Family cookbooks are an important way to preserve our mealtime traditions for future generations with individual printed recipes or your own professionally printed cookbook.